Ten years after Dracula was killed by Van Helsing his castle lies empty, except for the mysterious and frankly rather sinister servant Klove (
Peter Latham). Two English couples (played by
Barbara Shelley,
Francis Matthews,
Susan Farmer and
Charles Tingwell) on holiday come across the castle and despite warnings from Father Sandor (
Andrew Keir) stay the night in the castle. They don't really have much choice in the matter to be honest...
Very soon they find themselves menaced by the resurrected (in a rather creepy scene) dark lord Dracula (
Christopher Lee)...
Once the film gets going it is wonderfully dramatic and intense with plenty of snarling vampire action. Dracula doesn't utter a word in the film (apart from a cruel shriek) but is an irresistibly evil presence.
