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nick121235

This was the first of the Hammer Dracula series not to be directed by Terence Fisher so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Freddie Francis, however, does an adequate job of following in the rather forbidding footsteps of Fisher and with Hammer's stamp.
This movie seems more plot focused than Fisher's, which were much heavier on atmosphere- something I do miss in this film, however the storyline is fairly engaging and almost makes up for it.
I really did enjoy the throwback to Nosferatu with the tinted frames and the acting was mostly very good.
I did not like the part containing the stake as I felt that this newer addition undermined the already set mythos of the legend.
Overall I found Dracula Has Risen from the Grave to be entertaining and fun if not quite as great as the first three films were.

7 years 2 months ago

jktomas

The structure of the film is almost identical to the original Dracula story, but it's told in a different way so it's still intriguing. There's a subplot of the main character being an atheist, but it has little payoff. That's a shame because, strangly enough, religion and beliefs are themes hardly explored in vampire stories.
The cinematography is not very good and in many instances quite bizzare. I watched it on bluray and it was easy to tell that some establishment shots were just old pictures (definitely not taken where the filming took place). The movie feels cheap and rushed, it unfortunately doesn't have the atmosphere of Horrors of Dracula which I am a big fan of.
Unintentionally goofy moments make the movie even more flawed. I'm no expert in burning corpses in a fire, but I'm pretty sure a body can't completely disappear in flames of a fireplace in a few minutes. Or did Dracula sucked her so dry? And let me tell you, blood in this film flows in a most physics defying way possible.
All that said, it's not bad. But first 20 minutes were certainly the highlight.

9 years 7 months ago

ClassicLady

Good one.

10 years 6 months ago