Dracula - Prince Of Darkness

Two English couples are stranded while on holiday in the Carpathian mountains. A driverless carriage appears to come to their rescue, taking them to a sinister castle that appears on no map. They reluctantly accept the hospitality of a mysterious character called Klove, the retainer to an 'old and distinguished family': the Draculas. That night one of the tourists, Alan, decides to investigate the castle and discovers a vault containing a stone sarcophagus. He is murdered by Kolve, who suspends the body over the sepulchre and empties an urn full of ashes into it. He slits Alan's throat, and watches as the traveller's blood coagulates with the remains. A familiar shape begins to form - that of Count Dracula, alive once more...

Dracula Prince of Darkness was directed by Terence Fisher in 1965 and marked Christopher Lee's first return to his most famous role since the original Dracula in 1958. Infamous for its controversial blood sacrifice scene, Dracula Prince of Darkness is regarded as one of the quintessential Hammer horrors.