Dracula - 4K Restoration + Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (18) + intro

A double-bill of the Prince of Darkness!

Hammer Films’ Dracula series is one of the cornerstones of horror cinema. With the studio’s iconic 1958 original now restored in 4K and presented uncut in the UK for the first time ever, this legendary piece of horror history boasts a wicked new bite. 

 
Dracula 
Dir Terence Fisher | GB 1958 | 83 mins 
Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing

When Jonathan Harker arrives at a remote Transylvanian castle, he discovers that his mysterious host, Count Dracula, is a centuries-old vampire who feeds upon the blood of the living. 
Dracula cemented Hammer Films' reputation as the leading force in horror and introduced audiences to Christopher Lee's definitive interpretation of Bram Stoker's immortal vampire. Opposite Peter Cushing's fearless Van Helsing, Lee brought a terrifying physicality and seductive menace to the role that would redefine the Count for generations. This landmark 4K restoration from original film elements reinstates footage that was believed missing for more than six decades and was previously seen only by audiences attending the film’s original Japanese theatrical release in 1958. The recovered material has never been released before in the UK or US. 

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave 
Dir Freddie Francis | GB 1968 | 89 mins 
Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies

After being resurrected from an icy river tomb, Count Dracula returns with a lust for life and blood. 
The first of Hammer’s Dracula films not to be directed by Terence Fisher, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave offered a stylistic update on the series’ by-now familiar formula, despite being a direct sequel to 1966’s Dracula: Prince of Darkness. Christopher Lee seemingly relishes the change in approach, giving one of his most memorable performances under the Count’s cape in this lurid, full-throated reimagining of the Dracula legend. 

Runtime of  197 mins includes a short intermission between films.

This event is excluded from the HOME Film Pass.