Seminal Hammer Horror! HORROR OF DRACULA Available on Blu-ray December 18th From Warner Archives

Exciting news for fans of Hammer Horror! HORROR OF DRACULA (1958) is available on Blu-ray December 18th from Warner Archives. Ordering information can be found HERE

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, Britain’s premier masters of the macabre, bring the Horror of Dracula to vivid, full-color death in this retelling of Bram Stoker’s spellbinding vampire tale. Dracula (Lee), a centuries-old Transylvanian nobleman damned to an eternal half-life, regularly finds new victims. He also finds Dr. Van Helsing (Cushing), a scientist who becomes the Count’s implacable foe in a deadly game of bat-and-mouse.The dread is here – as are the power and pathos of this genre landmark by which Hammer Studios ushered in a new era of screen chills from classic evildoers. Tremble through that era again. Unleash the horror.

Fresh off The Curse of Frankenstein, Christopher Lee began his iconic run as the Prince of Darkness alongside fellow Hammer Horror-mate Peter Cushing in this scarlet and ebon tinged full color adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Cushing plays the valiant Dr. Van Helsing who sets off on a vampire hunt after Dracula turns his friend into a bloodsucker leading to a climax that is as electrifying as it is horrific. Terence Fisher directs a chilling Lee, setting a blueprint for New Cinema horror that would last well into the swinging seventies. And the blood runs redder than ever before thanks to this brand-new presentation, sourced from the British Film Institute/Hammer Film restoration master, which bears the UK release title of “Dracula” in the opening credits. Also newly remastered on DVD! 16×9 Widescreen