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The final installment in Hammer Studios' Dracula series is
also the least interesting of the lot. A fairly direct follow-up to
Dracula A.D. 1972, this sequel finds the Count (Christopher Lee)
developing a potent strain of bubonic plague which he and his
devil-worshipping disciples plan to release from 1970's London to
wipe out nearly all life on earth. His efforts are challenged once
again by the dedicated Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), leading to
a rather uninvolving climax. Despite the always-welcome presence of
Lee and Cushing, this installment plays too flagrantly with the
time-honored Hammer Gothic formula, giving Dracula actual dialogue
and surrounding the leads with a dull, amateurish supporting cast
-- with the possible exception of Joanna Lumley (later of BBC-TV's
Absolutely Fabulous). This also marked Lee's final performance as
the Count and signaled the beginning of the end for Hammer's horror
heyday. Also known as Satanic Rites of Dracula and Dracula is Dead
and Well and ...
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