Product reviewsBrides Of Dracula (DVD, 2007)

Good old fashioned vampire tale

This is probably the best vampire movie from the Hammer franchise and yet possibly the least well known of the series. Rarely seen on tv and unavailable on any of the major entertainment providers including Amazon Prime (I've searched for it several times without success) it is well worth having in your collection. Great acting and lavish sets and a good old fashioned creepy storyline...light all the candles and turn off all lights and get yourself comfy. Read full review...

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Brides of Dracula

Great film, really enjoyed it. Almost as good as the original

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Fantastic

Because i liked all the Dracula films with Christopher lee great value for money will be buying more from you again

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Excellent Dracula.

Another excellent Hammer Horror Dracula story. Love the Hammer Horror, Dracula, Frankensteien stories.

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happy with order

like the older dracula films

Great thanks

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Great product, and I think the price was excellent.

I saw this movie when it originally came out when I was a child. I loved it then,and wanted to see it again. I totally enjoyed the movie, and watch it over and over. I love dracula movies, and this one is most enjoyable.Read full review...

worth seeing

Your typical hammer horror, not the best I have seen, but still holds interest throughout, do think the brodes could have actually been used more in the movie, but hey ho

Fangs for the mammaries

Brides of Dracula is a wonderful film and by far my favourite Hammer Dracula. It's probably my favourite Hammer of all, although The Mummy pushes it close. There's just one minor "problem" though. Dracula is not in the film at all. Instead we find ourselves involved with another vampire, the Baron Meinster, played with some style by David Peel.

Marianne Danielle (Yvonne Monlaur) is travelling to Badstein Girl's Academy to take up a teaching position when she meets up with the severe Baroness Meinster (Martita Hunt) at a village tavern. Invited to stay the night at her castle, Marianne accepts and sees a man long thought dead by the villagers. The Baron, chained up in his room as a madman by his mother, persuades the gullible Marianne to release him and when she does, the cult of the vampire spreads over the district once again.

The film has an excellent cast, from the flamboyant Baron (Peel) to his mad former nanny and later nurse, Greta, played with the right mix of lunacy and menace by Freda Jackson. Peter Cushing reprises his role as van Helsing and gives his usual energetic, powerful, yet sympathetic performance. The whole cast is pretty flawless, with the possible exception of Monlaur, whose heavy French accent can grate a little.

Beautifully shot and full of colour, the film looks splendid and far more lavish than you'd expect on such a small budget, although this was a Hammer trademark so it's hardly surprising.

A quick note about the DVD versions. The new UK release has been released in full frame 4:3. The film was originally shot 1:66:1, so the full frame release shouldn't matter that much, but... there are better versions around.

The R1 release is in the original aspect ratio, but only comes as part of a boxed set on a dreaded DVD18. The German release of the film is the one I went for. It's anamorphic, in the original aspect ratio and the print looks marvellous. Nice and crisp, with full and rich colours. You get the original soundtrack, a German one (of course) and a couple of theatrical trailers and a good photo gallery on the disc. Note that there are no subtitles on the disc.

There's a nice 16 page booklet (if you can read German it's a bonus!) and the disc itself is packaged in a plastic case with a card slip case. The slip case has the artwork for the French cinema poster on the front in full colour, with the cover for the inner sleeve consisting of two black and white stills from the film, with no lettering to spoil them. A very nice package and the one to go for, in my opinion, if you have to buy an R2 disc. There's also a French version of the DVD but I don't know anything about it other than it exists.Read full review...

Brides Of Dracula (DVD)

A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr Van Helsing is already on his way.Read full review...