The Satanic Rites of Dracula

The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a horror film from English 1973, produced by Hammer Film Productions. It is the eighth of the Dracula movies produced by Hammer, and the second of these films set in the present. Christopher Lee played the role of Count Draculaagain. Other film stars Peter Cushing and Michael Coles.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The film begins with a secret agent who only just escapes from an English country house in which Satanic rituals are performed. However, he is injured and soon succumbs to his injuries. Just before his death he revealed to his client that a number of senior figures are members of the sect that is in the House, including a Minister, a pair, a general and a well-known scientist. To avoid problems with the Minister, the secret service calls in the help of Scotland YardInspector Murray, independent from the service to work on the case. Murray decide to call Van Helsing Professor Van Helsing.
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 * 3.1 Production
 * 3.2 copyright status
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The cult kidnapped Jane, the Secretary of the secret service. She is victim of Dracula.

Secret agent Torrence, Murray and Van Helsing's granddaughter Jessica arrive at the country house, where they find several vampire women chained in the basement. Jane is one of them. Murray destroyed Jane with a wooden stake. In the meantime visit Helsingw's his friend Julian Keeley, the scientist who is a member of the sect. He discovered that Julian has become a wreck mentally, and secretly working on growing thebubonic plague. Van Helsing is shot from behind. When he awakens, Julian appears to be dead and the petri dishes containing the bacteria are gone.

Julian had told him before he died on the 23rd of the month. Van Helsing discovered that that the Sabbath of the undead is. Research leads van Helsing to a certain d. d. Denham, that Julian's research has funded.Van Helsing suspect a reincarnated Dracula behind the whole plan is in order to take revenge on humanity. He's looking for Denham, and discovered that Denham is indeed Count Dracula. He tries to shoot Dracula with a silver bullet, but is overpowered by Dracula's minions. Dan decides to Van Helsing just to keep alive, and takes him to the Manor.

Meanwhile, Jessica, Murray and Torrence outside the country house attacked by snipers. Torrence is shot dead while Murray and Jessica are captured. Murray awakes in the cellar with the female vampires, but can escape to them. Just then arrives with the Dracula caught Van Helsing.

Dracula takes Van Helsing into a room where the rest of his sect is located. Jessica is there on an altar. Dracula wants to make his wife Jessica's and its like only save when he spread the virus across the world. The news that Dracula the virus really want to go spread creates discord among the sect members, who felt that wanted to use the virus just like Dracula threat. Dracula uses his hypnotic powers to suppress the rebellion.The Minister then let him break the tube with the virus. The Minister is infected.

Murray storms into the room and gets discord with the guard of Dracula and a short circuit and fire. He then rescues Jessica. The infected Minister dies in the fire. Dracula fight Van Helsing, which lures to him after a pursuit and shrub with thorns and thereby weakens the vampire and remains bloody tight between the branches. Then plug Van Helsing Dracula a stake through the heart beats. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Production<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The production of the film beginning in november 1972 under the title Dracula is Dead and Well and Living in London. This title was meant as parody of the musical Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.Not all actors saw here the humor of in, including Christopher Lee. The title was eventually changed to The Satanic Rites of Dracula

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The movie itself is a mixture of horror, science fiction and spy thriller. The script was written by Don Houghton, who also worked a long time on the series Doctor Who. The production was completed on 3 January1973. It is the worst of the 8 films and has never been released on dvd in Europe. ===Copyright status<span class="mw-editsection" len="360" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The movie is often claimed that he would stand in the public domain . In the United States there are indeed a number of low-budget DVD editions of the film that are in the public domain, but the film itself is still copyrighted. Hammer Film Productions officially still exists, and still has the rights to the film in hands.