Directed by Calvin Floyd
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Image Entertainment)
Christopher Lee narrates this semi-documentary on the history of Dracula. There is footage from Transylvania of native Romanians folk dancing over which Lee tells us about how their superstitions were combined with elements of the Greek Orthodox religion to result in the vampire legend. Back in England, Bram Stoker visits the British Museum and writes the definitive version of Count Dracula. There is a long diversion into the history of Vlad the Impaler and how he influenced Stoker's character. However, there are also long scenes from Christopher Lee's Hammer movies and at times this seems like nothing more than a cheap way to plug them.
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