{"id":35147,"date":"2015-11-06T13:16:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T20:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35147"},"modified":"2020-11-30T10:31:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T17:31:50","slug":"brides-of-dracula-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35147","title":{"rendered":"Brides of Dracula (1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;He was my son. Now he is only &#8212; a beast of the night.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA teacher (Yvonne Monlaur) on her way to begin a new position at a girls&#8217; school is waylaid at the castle of a baroness (Martita Hunt) whose handsome, charming son (David Peel) is kept in chains. Peel convinces Monlaur to release him, and soon his identity as a ravenous vampire is revealed.\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>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Peter Cushing Films<\/li>\n<li>Vampires<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nIn its follow-up to <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35225\"><em>The Horror of Dracula<\/em> (1958)<\/a>, Hammer Studios had to make do without the presence of Christopher Lee (who wanted to avoid being typecast, though he returned for later installments). David Peel &#8212; a devilishly handsome blonde &#8212; was cast as his pseudo-replacement:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Peel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Peel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1827\" height=\"923\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Peel.png 1827w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Peel-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Peel-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Peel-128x65.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Peel-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Peel-1536x776.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Peel-534x270.png 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1827px) 100vw, 1827px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; though the true heart of the story lies in Peel&#8217;s relationship with his mother, played (appropriately enough) by Martita Hunt of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13076\"><em>Great Expectations<\/em> (1946)<\/a> fame. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1819\" height=\"915\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt3.png 1819w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt3-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt3-1024x515.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt3-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt3-768x386.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt3-1536x773.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt3-537x270.png 537w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1819px) 100vw, 1819px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mystery of why Peel is being kept in chains &#8212; and the devastating consequences of his release by naive Monlaur &#8212; fuel the narrative, clearly echoing sentiments from the previous year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=30116\"><em>Suddenly, Last Summer<\/em> (1959)<\/a>. Hunt evokes much sympathy as a tormented mother whose existence is consumed by her son&#8217;s &#8220;lifestyle choices&#8221;, and Freda Jackson adds energetic color as a cackling servant who helps fill in details of Peel&#8217;s past. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-Cackling.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-Cackling.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-Cackling.png 1280w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-Cackling-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-Cackling-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-Cackling-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-Cackling-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-Cackling-540x270.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cushing is also in fine form as Monlaur&#8217;s noble rescuer. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing2.png 1280w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing2-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing2-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing2-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing2-540x270.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is certainly worth a watch by fans of the series. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter Cushing as Dr. Van Helsing<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cushing.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Martita Hunt as Baroness Meinster<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Hunt.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Freda Jackson as Greta<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Jackson.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cinematography-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cinematography-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cinematography-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cinematography-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Cinematography.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Still2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Still2.png 1280w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Still2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Still2-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Still2-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Still2-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Brides-of-Dracula-Still2-540x270.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended as a worthy sequel. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0053677\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/69682\/the-brides-of-dracula#articles-reviews?articleId=339824\">TCM Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1727hamm.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2228&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1960\/09\/06\/archives\/the-screen-double-billbrides-of-dracula-and-cossacks-here.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/brides-of-dracula-1960.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/the-brides-of-dracula\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He was my son. Now he is only &#8212; a beast of the night.&#8221; Synopsis: A teacher (Yvonne Monlaur) on her way to begin a new position at a girls&#8217; school is waylaid at the castle of a baroness (Martita Hunt) whose handsome, charming son (David Peel) is kept in chains. Peel convinces Monlaur to release him, and soon his identity as a ravenous vampire is revealed. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Horror Peter Cushing Films Vampires Review: In its&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35147\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35147"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55827,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35147\/revisions\/55827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}