Movie
1958
Dracula is a 1958 British Gothic horror film directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster, based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel. The first in the series of Hammer Horror films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, the film also features Peter Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing, along with Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, and John Van Eyssen. It was the first vampire movie ever to be shot in…
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Among all the roles in the long and illustrious career of Christopher Lee, the most iconic, at least to those introduced to the actor in the twentieth century, was undoubtedly the title character of the 1958 British horror film *Dracula*. This Hammer production did not merely launch a popular film series; in many ways, it redefined the concept of the vampire in popular culture, moving the archetype away from the lan…More
