Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills one of the men, suspending the body over the Count's ashes so that the blood drips from the corpse and saturates the blackened remains. The ritual is completed, the Count revived and his attentions focus on the dead man's wife who is to become his partner; devoted to an existence of depravity and evil.

The film features Lee’s second portrayal of the Count across a run of seven Hammer films. Famously, Dracula doesn’t utter a single word for the entire film, if anything increasing the character’s feral power and erotic allure. For many, Dracula Prince Of Darkness is the quintessential Hammer film

Producer (s):

• Anthony Nelson Keys