Hammer’s 1958 Dracula was their follow-up to the hugely successful The Curse Of Frankenstein, and together they set the template for “Hammer horror”. Director Terence Fisher is once again at the helm, and his steady hand delivered a new take on gothic horror. Notable in particular is how Christopher Lee’s Count sweeps down the stairs…
Hammer presents Dracula / The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Once upon a time I used to listen to this pair of records quite a lot. The Dracula album has one side with an original vampire story narrated by Christopher Lee, whilst the other has ominous theme music from various Hammer films. The story had an intro that began with something like “you think you…