A look at horror movies by someone who has too much time on his hands...

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The Brides of Dracula

There's always some discussion among fans about The Brides of Dracula after a viewing because there's no Dracula in it.

But the title is the Brides of Dracula, not "Dracula and His Brides," so I can give it a pass.

The vampire in this Hammer film is Baron Meinster, a follower of Dracula. He's kept captive by his mother until freed by a young woman, a school teacher coming to take a post at a girl's school nearby.

Of course, where there's vampires, there's Van Helsing. He keeps the young lady from falling prey to Meinster and dispatches the vampire in a manner not seen before nor since- by turning a windmill's shadow into a huge cross by turning the sails.

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