{"id":35135,"date":"2015-11-02T10:07:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T17:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35135"},"modified":"2020-11-30T09:47:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:47:02","slug":"scars-of-dracula-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35135","title":{"rendered":"Scars of Dracula (1970)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;He is the embodiment of all that is evil; he is the very Devil himself.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scars-of-Dracula-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scars-of-Dracula-Poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scars-of-Dracula-Poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scars-of-Dracula-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scars-of-Dracula-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young man (Dennis Waterman) and his girlfriend (Jenny Hanley) go in search of Waterman&#8217;s reckless brother (Christopher Matthews), who is trapped in the castle of Dracula (Christopher Lee) after bedding a vampiress (Anouska Hempel) and invoking Dracula&#8217;s wrath. Once there, they receive unexpected help from Dracula&#8217;s hairy man-servant (Patrick Troughton), who has an enormous crush on Hanley.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Lee Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Roy Ward Baker Films<\/li>\n<li>Vampires<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s difficult to tell why Peary chose to include this sixth of nine <a href=\"http:\/\/cinedelphia.com\/sinedelphia-2012-hammer-horror-the-dracula-series\/\">Hammer Studios Dracula films<\/a> in his <em>GFTFF<\/em> &#8212; unless it&#8217;s the credentials of director Roy Ward Baker. Sure, it&#8217;s both scary and silly (with plenty of bawdy humor), but it&#8217;s not focused nearly enough on Dracula, whose &#8220;scars&#8221; I presume are meant to be those continuously left on the necks of his prey. Instead, the storyline is concerned with a younger brother proving his mettle to a beautiful girl, who has until now been not-so-secretly obsessed with his rakish older brother; to that end it&#8217;s a reasonably satisfying tale of a <a href=\"http:\/\/mythologyteacher.com\/documents\/TheHeroJourney.pdf\">heroic quest<\/a>, but without much substance. Lee&#8217;s make-up is effectively creepy, though. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The other Hammer Dracula titles included in <em>GFTFF<\/em> are <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35225\"><em>The Horror of Dracula<\/em> (1958)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35147\"><em>The Brides of Dracula<\/em> (1960)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Lee as Dracula<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scars-of-Dracula-Lee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scars-of-Dracula-Lee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scars-of-Dracula-Lee.jpg 510w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scars-of-Dracula-Lee-128x69.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Scars-of-Dracula-Lee-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for Hammer Studios fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0067713\/\">IMDb entry<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/scarsofdracula.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1971\/06\/18\/archives\/screen-a-horror-bill-from-britainsangster-is-director-of.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a>: &#8220;Avoid <em>Dracula<\/em> like the plague. It&#8217;s garish, gory junk.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/the-scars-of-dracula\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He is the embodiment of all that is evil; he is the very Devil himself.&#8221; Synopsis: A young man (Dennis Waterman) and his girlfriend (Jenny Hanley) go in search of Waterman&#8217;s reckless brother (Christopher Matthews), who is trapped in the castle of Dracula (Christopher Lee) after bedding a vampiress (Anouska Hempel) and invoking Dracula&#8217;s wrath. Once there, they receive unexpected help from Dracula&#8217;s hairy man-servant (Patrick Troughton), who has an enormous crush on Hanley. 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