The Hammer Dracula series starring Christopher Lee comes to a whimpering finish with this lackluster effort at updating Dracula to the modern era, giving the Count a James Bond villain makeover that just doesn't work. The good parts of this boil down (not surprisingly) to Lee's Dracula and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing. Freddie Jones is good too in a small role. As with the previous attempt at updating things to the 1970s, Dracula AD 1972, this change strips the series of all its gothic trappings. What we're left with is essentially an espionage story with some devil worshipping Dracula stuff laid over it. It's not moody or atmospheric and never anything close to fun. The ending is also the weakest in the series. What a way for Dracula to go out.
Review of The Satanic Rites of Dracula
