Fresh
Patchy but striking, and directed with Fisher's usual flair.
Tom Milne, Time Out
The Brides of Dracula
He Turned Innocent Beauty Into Unspeakable Horror.
1960 · 1h 22m · Approved
Horror
Directed by
Terence Fisher
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The Brides of Dracula
Overview
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way.
Director and cast
- Terence Fisher Director
- Peter Cushing as Dr. J. Van Helsing
- Martita Hunt as Baroness Meinster
- Yvonne Monlaur as Marianne Danielle
- Freda Jackson as Greta
- David Peel as Baron Meinster
- Miles Malleson as Dr. Tobler
- Henry Oscar as Otto Lang
- Mona Washbourne as Helga Lang
- Andrée Melly as Gina
- Victor Brooks as Hans
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Here is but another repetition of the standard tale of the vampire bugaboo who likes to sink his oversized dentures into the necks of pretty girls.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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