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DVD : Dracula A.D. 1972In association with Amazon.comstarring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Christopher Neame (III), Michael Coles directed by: Alan Gibson  List Price: $19.98 Amazon.com's Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.99 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 9781419814327 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 141981432X Label: Warner Bros. Pictures Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Bros. Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 04, 2005 Running Time: 96 minutes Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1972 Sales Rank: 40698 MPN: D71958D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: London's become a small town for a handful of jaded psychedelic-era hipsters. But Johnny Alucard has a groovy new way for his pals to get their kicks. A certain ritual will be the living end, he insists. And if you still wonder where Johnny's coming from, try spelling his last name backwards. Dracula is raised into the modern era in this Hammer Studios shocker that's "quite well done" (John Stanley, Creature Features). Christopher Lee dons the cape for the sixth time and seeks out fresh victims. As archnemesis Van Helsing, fellow horror legend Peter Cushing clutches a vial of holy water and edges within throwing distance. Their harrowing battle royale is not to be missed. In fact, it's the living end. Director: Alan Gibson Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Stephanie Beacham Amazon.com: It was only a matter of time before Christopher Lee's Dracula visited Swinging London, arriving fashionably late for the party in 1972. In Dracula A.D. 1972, Count D was dispatched in the 19th century with a carriage-wheel spoke. The vampire's ashes and fancy ring are handed down to a young Londoner named Johnny Alucard (Christopher Neame) who looks as though he's seen A Clockwork Orange too many times. Proposing that his hippie posse look for new kicks ("yet as old as time"), he holds a Black Mass and summons you-know-who. Peter Cushing joins Lee yet again; luscious Stephanie Beacham, in an amazing shag haircut and purple velvet, is Cushing's granddaughter. She considers grandpa's scientific interests "way out," but then again, their last name is Van Helsing.. The time-period switch makes the grooviness seem laughable, although otherwise this is an acceptable outing, especially for Lee's suave, overtly sexual take on the role. It was his penultimate entry in the Hammer Dracula series, and is certainly better than the finale, The Satanic Rites of Dracula. --Robert Horton Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Cushing and Lee make this a worthwhile watch.Dracula A.D. 1972 is a campy instalment in the Dracula series made by Hammer Films. The gist of the movie is that Dracula gets resurrected in 1972 by a young acolyte, Johnny Alucard and seeks to destroy the remaining Van Helsings, i.e. Dr Van Helsing [Peter Cushing] and his beautiful, hippie granddaughter Jessica [Stephanie Beacham]. Though Christopher Lee reprises his role as the malevolent count, his screen time is quite limited and I felt too much screen time was wasted on portraying ... Read More Rating: - More hip than horrorEngland's Hammer Studios did 8 Dracula films from 1958-1973: Horror of Dracula (1958) Brides of Dracula (1960) Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966) Dracula has Risen from the Grave (1968) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) Christopher Lee plays the Count in all but the second one, "Brides of Dracula;" in fact, Dracula doesn't even appear in this film, which ... Read More Rating: - Like, Taste the Blood of Dracula, kids!For reasons known only to the author, Bram Stoker's Dracula never included the line "Sergeant, I'll bet you a pound to a pinch of s**t that there's a little piece of hash at that party, and if there is, I've got them.", but the early 70s saw that particular oversight put right. Dracula A.D. 1972 saw Hammer trying to pump new life into the old Count with a new creative team whose big idea was basically to rehash the plot of Taste the Blood of Dracula in the 1970s with Christopher Neame in the Ralph Bates role ... Read More Rating: - Hammer's Misguided Idea of Dracula in Swinging London: Still Enjoyable (Not as a Horror, Though)Christopher Lee's Dracula comes back again, this time in Swingin' London of the early 70s. It is a misguided idea of Hammer still trying to cash in on the name of the Count. Considering Hammer's "Dracula" saga started back in 1958, it is obvious that they should have stopped by the late 60s when things changed drastically in pop culture. But they did make this one, which turned out an unintentional comedy (sort of) with blood-sucking vampires and "funky" rock music. Once again Dracula returns. The ... Read More Rating: - Let's drag Hammer into the swingin' Seventies! OH, NOOOoooo!!!Okay, DRACULA A.D. 1972 isn't really THAT bad. Just inept. After the first couple of films, Hammer appears to have had too few ideas as to what to do with the Count, so he was grafted into various screenplays to get the punters into the theatres. This time around, Chris Lee does little but wander around a dilapidated church being menacing. He has been resurrected by Christopher Neame (son of the director Ronald Neame), to bestow eternal life upon his character, Johnny Alucard (and everyone is amazed when they ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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