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A list of seven movies featuring Christopher Lee as the iconic vampire Count Dracula, from 1958 to 1973. See the titles, ratings, directors, stars and plot summaries of each film.
The original series of films consisted of nine installments, which starred iconic horror actors Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as Count Dracula and Doctor Van Helsing, respectively. The series is part of the larger Hammer horror oeuvre.
- James Bernard
- Anthony Hinds
- Terence Fisher
- Jimmy Sangster
Dracula is a 1958 British gothic horror film directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster based on Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel of the same name. The first in the series of Hammer Horror films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, the film also features Peter Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing, along with Michael Gough, Melissa ...
- Dracula And Son (1976) - 5.4. Dracula and his son Ferdinand have grown tired of angry villagers ransacking their castle and decide to move elsewhere. Dracula moves to London and becomes a horror movie star, but his son is ashamed of his heritage and goes to Paris to become a night watchman.
- The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (1973) - 5.6. In London during the '70s, Scotland Yard investigators come across an apparent case of vampirism and call in Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), whose family has dealt with such occurrences for generations.
- Count Dracula (1970) - 5.7. Jonathan Harker travels to the castle of Count Dracula in order to finalize Dracula's purchase of some real estate and instead becomes his prisoner.
- Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) - 6.0. In 1972, the descendent of a servant of Dracula and the granddaughter of the current Van Helsing (Cushing) who hunts vampires, accidentally raise Dracula from the dead.
Lee gained fame for portraying Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in three Star Wars films (2002–2008), and Saruman in both The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014).
Christopher Lee stars as Count Dracula, a bloodthirsty vampire who terrorizes the Harker family and their friend Dr. Van Helsing. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic horror film.
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Lee continued his role as "Dracula" in a number of Hammer sequels throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s. During this time, he co-starred in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), and made numerous appearances as Fu Manchu, most notably in the first of the series The Face of Fu Manchu (1965), and also appeared in a number of films in Europe.
