Dracula A.D. 1972

Dracula A.D. 1972 is a 1972 horror film, directed by Alan Gibson and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It was written by Don Houghton and stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Stephanie Beacham. Unlike earlier films in Hammers Dracula series, Dracula A.D. 1972 has at the time of filming a contemporary setting, in an attempt to update the Dracula story for modern audiences. Dracula is brought back to life in modern London and preys on a group of young partygoers, that includes the descendant of his nemesis, Van Helsing.

In 1872, Count Dracula Christopher Lee and his nemesis Lawrence Van Helsing Peter Cushing battle on the top of a runaway coach. The carriage crashes and Dracula is partly impaled by one of the wheels. In the struggle, Van Helsing manages to fully push the wheel into the vampires chest, staking him. This done, Van Helsing collapses and dies from his own wounds. At that moment a follower of Dracula Christopher Neame arrives, collects Draculas remains and, a few days later, buries them near Van Helsings grave at St Bartolphs Church.One hundred years later, a new generation of Britons appear who move the tale along in this case, a group of young hippies that includes Jessica Van Helsing Stephanie Beacham, granddaughter of Lorrimer Van Helsing Peter Cushing, an occult expert and descendant of Draculas old nemesis, and Johnny Alucard Christopher Neame, who closely resembles the disciple of Dracula seen in 1872. Alucard persuades Jessica and the others to attend a black magic ceremony in the now abandoned, deconsecrated St Bartolphs, where he performs a bloody ritual involving one of their group, Laura Bellows Caroline Munro. Jessica and the others flee in horror, after which Dracula is resurrected and kills Laura. ........

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