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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