Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

Director:

Alan Gibson

Writer:

Don Houghton (writer)

Release Date:

17 November 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The Count is back, with an eye for London's hotpants . . . and a taste for everything

Plot:

Johnny Alucard raises Count Dracula(Christopher Lee) from the dead in 1972 London. The Count goes after the descendents of Van Helsing.

Plot Keywords:

1970s | Good Versus Evil | Sequel | Vampire | Cross

Cast

Christopher Lee	...	Count Dracula
Peter Cushing	...	Professor Van Helsing
Stephanie Beacham	...	Jessica Van Helsing
Christopher Neame	...	Johnny Alucard
Michael Coles	...	Inspector
Marsha A. Hunt	...	Gaynor (as Marsha Hunt)
Caroline Munro	...	Laura Bellows
Janet Key	...	Anna
William Ellis	...	Joe Mitcham
Philip Miller	...	Bob
Michael Kitchen	...	Greg
David Andrews	...	Detective Sergeant
Lally Bowers	...	Matron Party Hostess
Constance Luttrell	...	Mrs. Donnelly
Michael Daly	...	Charles

Also Known As:

Dracula '72 (UK) (working title)
Dracula 1972 (International: English title) (informal title)
Dracula 1972 D.C. (International: English title) (poster title)
Dracula Chases the Mini Girls (UK) (working title)
Dracula Chelsea '72 (UK) (working title)
Dracula Today
1972: Dracula colpisce ancora! (Italy) [it]
Drácula 73 (Spain) [es]
Drácula no Mundo da Mini-Saia (Brazil) [pt]
Dracula '73 (France) [fr]
Dracula jagt Mini-Mädchen (West Germany) [de]
Draculan kosto (Finland) [fi]
Drakoulas 1972 (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

West Germany:16 | Singapore:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | UK:X (original rating) | UK:18 (re-rating) (1988) | UK:15 (re-rating) (1995) | West Germany:16 (VHS) | Finland:(Banned) (1972) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Aldenham Country Park, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Trivia:

The music used in the church resurrection scene is "The Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell" from the 1969 album "An Electric Storm" by White Noise. The group themselves were an experimental space-age rock combo formed by David Vorhaus and featuring Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Quotes:

Johnny Alucard: Look, just to show I'm sorry, I got two tickets for the Jazz spectacular at the Albert hall.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Perfect Scary Movie (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

You better come through

Early 70s Hipsters that are fun to hang with!

Watching the kids hang out and explore spooky places and seances is fun in this movie. In fact, that is the best part about the film. The parts with Dracula and Van Helsing fighting are less interesting, almost boring. It is one of those movies where there is some that you like and then parts where it just seems to fall flat. You wish you could have sat down and worked with the writer and director to change the lame parts. Some sections of the movie are slow and some scenes run too long. This is a good set up and some entertaining moments along the way. I must say that Warner Brothers has released a nice looking transfer of this film that has been restored. The colors look really good here and there are no speckles. The audio is also presented well. The Main theme is played way too much though. By the end of this you will feel like you have been listening to the same song for two hours because you have! The theme is good, but damn!