Dracula (Hammer series review)
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2017
- From Monster Madness 2011: Sequel-athon. All the Hammer Dracula reviews, combined. #retro #retrogaming #nes #snes #jamesrolfe #mikematei #atari #playthrough #gameplay #gamereview
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R.I.P Michael Gough, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee
Most of all the lovely actress Ingrid Pitt
I guess Hammer really hit the nail on the head for horror films.
The Breakfast Megapowers wrrryyyyy
*sighs before giving a drumriff*
The Breakfast Megapowers wah wah
very punny :-D
The Breakfast Megapowers, Zero Cool- You "nailed" those puns.
"Terrence Fisher"? Sounds oddly similar to the director of the original Castlevania, Trans Fisher.
Ya and Christopher Lee reminds me of the programmer Christopher Bee.
And what about Boris Carloffice
Probably just a series of crazy coincidences. I really hope they didn't mean it as s joke, because not even alien toddlers would find that funny.
What about Steven Jeilberg
I think you're just imagining things.
Christopher Lee: The most savage Dracula ever.
That's what I say! Christoper Lee mad face's you don't wanna mess with.
He Treated women like shit in his movies
The EthCam Bros Dracula is supposed to be evil with no humanity. In the novel he fed a baby to his brides.
Dracula is supposed to have the same personality as Vlad the Impaler
Lee put sex into Dracula
I fucking LOVE Monster Madness. I can spend hours listening to James talk about old horror films. He should be a film school teacher ! =D
Dougs World true dont see rolf as a mainstream blockbuster guy dont think he would want that but him teaching students about crativity and basics for indie films i think he would be amazing passion equals precision yeah hes got p. E. P
Imagine the next generation having him as a teacher and then finding out about AVGN.
Don't you see... He is a film teacher.
I disagree, James is a veteran indie film director and producer at this point. He has made hundreds of videos and knows a thing or two about editing, direction and composition I wouldn't mind knowing.
I'd advise against that, seeing as anyone who attended his classes would spend the entire day hearing about classic movies.
Actually... you know what? Nevermind, that sounds awesome.
Christopher Lee is honestly one of the greatest humans to have lived, what he done and what he was capable of in life is just amazing. The word legend is thrown around a lot lately and its lost some of its meaning, but he really is one.
His life in itself could be object of a biopic movie! A charismatic man of noble descent, who had travelled a lot, and used to be a world war 2 spy... How awesome is that?? Even daydreamers hardly imagine something as exciting as Christopher Lee's life!
BAM! HAMMER!
yeah, he was a nazi hunter for a while.
he was an amazing actor who like a fine wine, only improved with age, i only wish i had met him before his passing, i'm sure he was a nice guy.
He was Ian Fleming's (James Bond author) cousin.
I find it funny that Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and David Prowse played classic horror figures and were all in star wars
George Lucas loved Hammer films.
@@connorbrennan4233 He has good taste.
Connor Brennan I’m glad Lucas didn’t write the scripts for Hammer😂
Jets suck
Grand Moif Tarken vs Count Dooku
Kid: "Daddy can we watch dracula has risen from the grave." Dad: "No because its an adult film," kid:" No its not its rated G." Dad:" Oh lets watch it then its probably like hotel transilvania."
No father and son have ever had this conversation 😂
Fuck yes Christopher Lee was one of the greatest things to happen to horror films \m/
Absolutely.
Don't forget Peter Cushing, truly a British badass legend.
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave = G
Frozen = PG
GG MPAA
The mmpa has chamge so drastically in the last 60 years its almost funny.
Frozen is a pretty fucked up movie
Just let it go...
Let It Go!
I almost took my kid to frozen but I did a google image search to check out the animation and though I'm happy that velma from scooby doo makes a cameo there is way too much nudity for a kids movie.
Horror movies is way better than disney
I just adore Lee both as an actor and as a singer. I saw 138 movies he starred. His voice was so powerful and intense. And his performance was simply mesmerizing. Thanks to him I became the fan of horror classics and eventually wrote a book about the history of horror movies. One of the greatest man who ever lived on Earth.
"The hero is a guy name Paul...."
Man.... When is Simon Belmont going to show up???
I dont want to be "the guy who break the news" guy...
So im just gonna eat popcorn over here, ok?
(Ps, i know but sscch)
Satanic rites of dracula
Don't forget his ancestor Ralph and descendent Richter.
Maybe because they won't have to put in the line "Die monster, you don't belong in this world".
"Hammer named their movie characters the same way George Foreman named all his sons."
Kek
These old Hammer films have the best sets and atmosphere.
They're very good, definitely. Second best is the Roger Corman Poe cycle. Those misty graveyards and crumbling castles/mansions.
Agreed
That's just how it is in England.
I love Hammer Dracula series! I love Christopher Lee too, one of my favorite actor.
Shadowlord 1980 May Sir Christopher Lee R.I.P.
god, Dracula dies and is resurrected in this series more than Castlevania
At least in castlevania Dracula dies for good at some point
They rated it G & R because they were really into Guns and Roses.
Yeah. Who isn't? Lol
Things have certainly changed over the years because back then here in England you had to be eighteen to watch a Dracula film in the cinema now you can watch them in the afternoon on British TV along with many films that were rated 18 in the sixties. I remember being annoyed at not being allowed to watch films like these in my local cinema because i was only fifteen so in the end i would borrow my brothers birth certificate to solve that little problem
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Fun Fact: Dracula 1972 AD is one of Tim Burton's Favourite movies.
It's so underrated
1972, the year I was born.
I know, it inspired his version of Sleepy Hollow.
Adrian and Dark Shadows sadly
Tim burton like edward scissorhands tim burton holy s$$t
Running water has always been associated with spirits of the dead and Vampires. Even Bram Stoker took that concept into the Dracula novel, stating the Vampire is powerless at sea, cannot cross running water unless carried or otherwise taken. As for the movies I wish this older knowledge would resurface in more films... it's a bit as old as the whole garlic revulsion thing. :P
GarretOakamber
Seriously, it always bugs me that people always act incredulous when the running water thing is used.
It is a very old vampire staple weakness, it's just harder to untilize properly unlike stakes or sunlight.
The origin is that running water symbolizes life & time of the living as an ever flowing stream and an undead vampire cannot participate in that, he is forever stuck as an undead creature. Often disregarded by vampire bufs it is a key component to the vampire lore and perfectly shows the tragic side of the myth. the same concept aplies to why a vampire cannot enter one's house without invitation, it's quite deep psychologically if you think about it.
Yes I remember vampires couldn't cross water , which is why his coffin contained soil from his land.
That's pretty lame.
Would've been nice if they used that in Anne Rice's vampire books
The actress who played Van Helsing's granddaughter loved working with Peter Cushing. She said he was a real gentleman and treated her like she was a favored niece or granddaughter.
Yes, everybody who worked with Peter Cushing had nice things to say about him.
What was her name? That's a very sweet story 😊.
@@TJ_thesillyStephanie Beacham!😊
In regards to Satanic Rites of Dracula. Lee said in an interview that he indeed gave Denim a Hungarian accent in that Penthouse scene to pay tribute to Bela Lugosi as well as wearing a replica of Lugosi's Dracula ring in all 7 films.
Peter Cushing has played some pretty good iconic characters Van Helsing, Dr. Frankenstein & Tarkin just to name a few & to think he's been dead for 24 years now he's done lot of movies.
He really was a legend and one of my most favourite actors to ever live.
Being unable to crossing bodies of water unaided is a well attributed characteristic that plays into many of the old legends. Boats are okay, but they can neither swim, walk, or fly themselves over water. They have to have some kind of boat or vessel.
This played into the Hellsing OVA films, where Alucard is trapped on an aircraft carrier after murdering the vampires that took over the ship. He had to get to the ship by flying a blackbird jet over the ocean and nosediving it right into the ship's deck. He lost his plane, but he wasn't trapped for long. He used him magical influence to move the massive ship up the Thames and back into the fight against the villains.
I really like the sound of the faith angle from Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. I always prefer the "You need to believe in the god that the icon represents for it to work" rule over stories where just any old schlub can cross their index fingers and frighten away what is arguably one of the most powerful undead beings in mythology.
The guy who played alucard in ad72 is the same guy who played Jeric in the starwars Jedi knight games so that's 3 starwars actors in the film.... okay 2.5 lol
"You now PROSSESS Dracula's rib", lol.
I only like few of the hammer films but of course mr lee is the best dracula and awesome he wanted to help others find work considering most actors only care about there careers
One more thing: I was watching a documentary one time, being hosted by Christopher Lee, and he was saying at the end that he was related to Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Better known as the blood Countess. Pretty cool!!!
Wow, descended from the Blood Countess? He was also descended from Charlemagne too. The wonder of genetics... The current British family- Her Majesty and Prince Charles -are descendants of Vlad the Impaler aka Count Dracula.
Sweet what was it do you remember
the brides of dracula has some amazing moments
always worth a look at
My favorite moment, odd as it is, is when the Baroness' servant Greta (Freda Jackson) is in hysterics. Her maniacal laughter is really unsettling. The film overall is terrific fun-- lush sets and costumes, vivid colors, solid performances.
It's actually one of the better movies. Ironically, Dracula is not in it at all.
Christopher Lee is the definitive Dracula imo, which might seem sacrilegious to some
Agreed! 😎 👍
I don't see how it would be blasphemous since it's not a religion, lol, but the Hammer films' version of Dracula just have fun and try not give af about being so strict to the lore and continuity. I think Lee's Dracula at times surpasses Bela Lugosi's version by making the villain sexy, dark, and pure evil.
Flame of Udun there's no definitive Dracula to me. A.great dracula hasnt been done. It's an unrealized idea.
The beginning of every Dracula.movir is great though. The boat scene is best in Nosferatu. And I like Bram stoker's(films) beginning as creepy Dracula.
PabloLara125 “sacrilegious” is just a hyperbole, it wasn’t meant to be taken literally
Juha Nevalainen All of them are better than Robert Pattinson, though.
Loved all these movies. Remember watching them on Saturday afternoons in the 70's as a kid.
Yes, the network called it the Creature Feature, every Saturday!
"Peter Cushing is probably the best Van Helsing ever; he plays the part with conviction and class. I believe every word that comes out of his mouth" *rubs hands with glee* Oh yesss, I already know I'm going to love this video :)
Adena Kaiba my favorite van helling is the one in Dracula 1931
@Leo Peridot I believe George Lucas wanted him to play Obi-Wan Kenobi but changed his mind at the last minute.
"Dracula with machine guns" Alucard?
Max Schenck as the original Count Orlok/Nosferatu will always be the scariest vampire in my opinion
Grew up watching these movies as a kid in the 80s. I credit them to me becoming the gamer I am, as I was instantly drawn to Castlevania, and the rest was academic.
Crappy as that last one was, that scene where Lee and Cushing meet before the climax was epic. A quiet scene with cat-and-mouse dialogue, it was as if the 2 actors knew that this would be the last time they played these characters together in the same film, that it was the end of Hammer's Dracula cycle. Also, Dracula's dissolution upon death was the best ever filmed.
"the end of Hammer's Dracula cycle" Hammer's last Dracula movie was The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires with Peter Cushing as Van Helsing and John Forbes-Robertson as Dracula.
this specific monster madness inspired me to go out and buy the DVDs, so far i only have the 4 in 1 DVD set and the satanic rites of Dracula, i dont regret a single penny i spent, thanks James for introducing me to an amazing series.
Hi from UK. Great vid, loved every min. Hammer! I grew up on this stuff. It was on late every friday, my gran let me stay up and watch em and I'm so glad she did! What a great nostalgia trip. I remember every one of these films. Lee and Cushing where Hammer legends. I loved them no matter what film they was in. Great times!
1:48 Dracula: I'm hearing colors man! I'm flipping out!
Eh I prefer Christopher Bee
sparkymagnet LOL well played sir. I'm off to play my copy of the game now
I didn't find this funny and neither did my kindergartener nor my alien.
I did actually lol
Are you saying Christopher Lee is like... A bee? Nah, they can't mean THAT..
Christopher Lee is THE Dracula. It's probably a transatlantic thing but I've always known him as the definitive actor for the part.
Golem29 Gary is a better Dracula in terms of Bram's work
Max Schreck is the scariest Dracula of them all.
Thank you for these reviews of the different Hammer series! They have inspired me to "dig up" all the Hammer DVD's I stored away when I moved house.
It's Hammer time 😎
Dracula is Dead... and Well and Living in London
Sunlight....
Can touch this!
PG13 did not come into existence till the 1980's.
Interesting Christopher Lee didn't like being typecast, while Count Dooku is just a Star Wars version of Dracula, without him being a vampire.
The best Dracula ever. So tall, such a commanding presence
I know they are small reviews but it feels like story time with james. Love it thank you james.
I just love how Peter Cushing pronounces his "r"
I remember when i was 5 i was able to watch any horror film and not get scared but there was something about the HAMMER Frankensteins monster that scared the shit out of me
My dad recorded horror of Dracula off the TV for me at the age of like 7 or 8, mind you that part at the start where dracs vampire bride gets staked in the heart and turns in to the old women fucked with my head at that age lol
I wonder if Bauhaus will ever come out with a new album titled "Christopher Lee Is Dead"
I suppose "Disappeared Into The Next Dimension" wouldn't fit too well on the album cover? ^^;;
I heard a story of a record shop owner who was asked for the Bauhaus single called "Bela the Goose is Dead".
We can only hope.
I always love your reviews James. Keep resurrecting these older reviews and we'll just keep rewatching them. =]
even in dracula dead and loving it has renfield a dracula comedy
To be fair one of the weaknesses of Stoker's Dracula, and of the medieval vampire legends pre-Stoker, was running water. However it didn't kill them, just represented an impassible barrier that no vampire could cross, only static bodies of water were ok for some reason.
Please review Blacula
Vegeta Solo Then do Blackenstein.
I’d prefer all things Scott Bacula.
The movie should've been called Prince Mamuwalde or Mamuwalde, cause that movie was actually good. The title Blacula is the reason why people doesn't take the film seriously
Then they'd have covered all of the real monsters as told by Mr Panucci: Dracula, Blacula and Son of Kong.
You definitely don't know what that phrase means.
No one is better then Christopher Lee as Dracula. I enjoyed all the Hammer Dracula films, even the later ones where Dracula is brought back from the dead living in the seventies.
Peter Cushing could read the FREAKING Webster's Dictionary in a movie and it would be great!
Awesome fight, Grand Moff Tarkin fighting Darth Tyranus!!!
It is a shame that Grand Moff Tarkin didn't get to see Count Dooku and at least have a friendly chat with him
Is this how count dooku got his name.
Well, David Prowse was in the guy in the Darth Vader costume and Peter Cushing was Grand Moff Tarkin, so maybe George Lucas was a Hammer fan.
I was thinking the same thing. Either Lucas was a Hammer fan or it was the way Lee and Cushing spoke.
Wouldn't surprise me.
He was and still is!
Nope
Lugosi may be the classic image of Dracula, but Christopher Lee will always be my Dracula. The Hammer films were shown fairly regularly when I was growing up, so that certainly influences me, but his performances were just so fantastic.
I can't agree more. 👍
Dracula with a machine gun? How about twin pistols, one of which has the power of an anti-tank rifle?
And who takes enthuastic midnight walks.
The image of Renfield at the bottom of the stairs in Dracula (1931) still haunts me. It established my standard of less is more in horror.
Christopher Lee also had a personal obsession with the occult.
Here in Brazil they release a complete Dracula colletion, with all the Hammer Movies in a box set. :)
Christopher Lee would go from erotic to demonic in a split second.
I could fall asleep listening to James Rolfe's hammer movie retrospectives!
Taste the Blood of Dracula is still my favorite Vampire movie.. i think that the revenge aspect slasher villian is fitting, and using their daughters against them, forcing them to kill their own children, that's true evil.
Geoffrey Keene, one of the actors in the Taste of Blood, is a part of the James Bond franchise along with Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee is so awesome as Dracula
And then later Dracula and Van Helsing were to owned by Emperor Palpatine!!!
Perfect
Man loved this video, it finally gave me that little push on wanting to actually watch these old series....thanks!
dracula ad 1972 the portuguese name here in brazil is Dracula in mini skirt world
Even weirder in German: Dracula jagt Mini-Mädchen. Translated: Dracula hunts mini skirt girls.....
@@MabuseXX Dracula is the CHAD of vampires!!!😎
"Since when did Dracula have a servant?" I would suggest that Renfield was a servant of Dracula, no?
And here I thought I was the only one to do a series review of Hammer's Dracula films. Nice work!
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is a visually superb movie by any standard, with numerous shots that have the salient aspect of great poster art It also has good crisp, dialogue and an interesting sub plot, an atheist vampire hunter. Chris Lee kicked ass as always. btw- Lee demanded and got excellent lines, because he'd refused to speak the lines written for him in the previous outing, Dracula: Prince of Darkness.
Christopher Lee went from Count Dracula to Count Dooku and Saruman.
Harker did not go to kill Dracula because Harker knew Dracula was a vampire. Harker went to kill Dracula because he had an overdue book. Libraries took overdue books a lot more seriously back then.
Grew up in the early 70's, I lived in the local theater watching Hammer Horror, My favorite memories!
I gotta ask. Does anyone else hear Dracula's death theme from Super Castlevania IV every time he gets killed?
No.
Christopher Lee was BORN to play Dracula! Handsome and cultured, and rising from the dead to create havoc and HORROR!!!
Is Peter Cushing Grand Moff Tarkin?
Scott Muxlow yes he was
Scott Muxlow He was.
He was also Doctor Who in two movies.
You may now witness the confrontation of Grand moff Tarkins versus Count Doku
@@jacobjones-4811 And has played Sherlock Holmes
Hopefully the BBC will show some of these movies come the end of the month. I always have to tune in when they're on even if l've seen them 10 times already. Classic horror at its best.
🔨 TIME!
Only Dracula; Christopher Lee
BATMANIA RETURNS Lugosi, Lee, and Oldman are the only Dracula actors many people know of.
There have been others. Frank Langella was very decorative and Louis Jordan was convincing. Lee, however was, to use a phrase from the Langella film, the King of his kind. If only he'd had scripts that made more use of his talent, gave him more screen time and showed Dracula as being able to integrate into society without standing out like a big mechanical bat!
@@EntertainmentFan11 klaus kinski as count orlock
James should watch "this film is not rated yet". It realy shows how stupid the whole rating thing is
The brother's name in Scars of Dracula is Simon. Simon Belmont could be a reference to this character
In 'Aria of Sorrow' and it's sequel 'Dawn of Sorrow,' the shopkeeper's name is Hammer :-)
That would be exciting to see the unreleased footage!
Luv the monster madness! I look forward to it every October. Takes me back when I used to watch monster movies at my grandparents house and when TNT had that series with Joebob.
Really enjoying your videos James. Congratulations, I'd say you've made it!
I hope we get the Frankenstein hammer film reviews. Loved those.
Even without Christopher Lee, and though it's not even really a Dracula film, i think Brides Of Dracula is the best of the Hammer vampire films.
Yvonne Monlaur AMIRITE 😉
Big fan of Satanic Rites. I liked it because it was so different, suspenseful, and has the most Dracula weakness lore.
Brilliant James, I look forward to your Amicus series review :)
One thing I always was annoyed with, whether Hammer Dracula films or other, is the horrible way in which these stories portrayed Dracula's immortality. They always killed him and resurrected him, instead of coming up with a genuinely interesting way to show him through the ages...
He's so hard to kill...just by looking at Christopher Lee as Dracula scares the hell out of me when I was a child.
Bat spitting blood on Dracula's ashes > Dog pissing on Freddy's grave
lmfao,thank you, I googled it and I had no idea george forman named all of his sons george forman XD that made my day.
Wonderful review❤️
☺️ Just a little correction : the Monsignor in Risen from the Grave is Maria's uncle
Hilariously, I just got an ad for the Castlevania rerelease while watching this.
The way Dracula comes back in Prince of darkness makes me think of Dracula X: Rondo of Blood.
Finding all the DVDs was difficult but I managed to get the entire collection
Christopher Lee also appeared as Dracula and Vlad Tepes in the documentary "In search of Dracula",based in the book by Radu Florescu.
I thought Kiss of the vampire (1963) was part of the series too.
I love these films, this was a great video!
You should do a video on the "Amicus" Anthology horror films, like the Dracula series there's about 7 films:
1965 - Dr.Terrors House of Horrors, 1967 - Torture Garden, 1971 - The House That Dripped Blood,
1972 - Asylum, 1972 - Tales From The Crypt, 1973 - The Vault of Horror, 1974 - From Beyond The Grave.
Some of these films also featured the great Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Would love to hear your thoughts on these films in a video some day.
Love these Hammer movies💘💞💖💕💕👍👍👍👍