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David Chiang, John Forbes-Robinson, Julie Ege

The creatures of the night face off with kung fu masters in this vampire film with an Asian twist. After giving a lecture in China, Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) is approached by a man from th...( read more  read more... )e village of Ping Kuei. The man begs Van Helsing to help his town, which is being ravaged by seven vampires. Van Helsing, along with a fetching heiress (Julie Edge), sets off to save the village and soon comes face to face with Count Dracula.

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R, 83 min.

Directed by: Roy Ward Baker

Release Date: July 11, 1974

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DVD Release Date: July 27, 2004

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  • bradwest
    September 20, 2008
    bradwest
    Vampires and Kung Fu long before Blade.
  • harrycaul
    October 21, 2007
    harrycaul
    A curious collaboration between Hammer and the Hong Kong Martial Arts outfit Shaw Brothers. No classic, but good fun all the same. This was to be Cushing's last outing as Van Helsing. Dracula does appear, though not as played by Christopher Lee, and this can hardly be considered ...( read more)part of the 'Dracula' cycle.
  • cancercapricorn2002
    October 31, 2008
    cancercapricorn2002
    We open to a Chinese man named Kah (Shen Chan as Chan Shen) hiking through the Transylvanian forests in search of Count Draculas (John Forbes-Robertson stepping in for Christopher Lee) Castle. He doesn't take too long to find it and proceeds into Draculas crypt. He appears to be ...( read more)attacked by some bats that for some reason don't have to flap their wings as they just sort of glide along, almost as if their on strings! But then I thought to myself that a classy production like this wouldn't use rubber bats on strings, would it? Dracula rises from his stone coffin complete with bright red lipstick, white face paint and slicked back hair, and ask's who dares disturb him. Kah says in Chinese "I am the high Priest of the 7 Golden Vampires in Szechwan, China. When the Vampires walked my temple was the centre of all power in the area" Kah then goes on to say the Vampires are sleeping and that he would like Dracula to resurrect the 7 Golden Vampires again. Even though Kah speaks in Chinese Dracula understands every word he has said and gives him the cold shoulder and says he doesn't do favours for anyone and then decides to take Kah's form and travel to China, bring the 7 Golden Vampires back, rule the area by himself and help spread vampirism throughout the world. We are then informed we are in 'Chung King 1904'. Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) is giving a lecture at a local university to a group of young Chinese men on the threat of vampirism. He tells them of a legend where in a nearby village called Ping Wei a local man managed to destroy one of the 7 Golden Vampires before the others slit his throat. The students are unimpressed with such tales. Except one, Hsi Ching (David Chiang) who come from the village Van Helsing spoke about. He ask's Van Helsing to go to his village with his brothers, all 6 of them too many to bother listing, and their only sister Mai Kwei (Szu Shih as Shih Szu), hey it's a large family OK?, to help them rid Ping Wei of the 7, well 6 now, Golden Vampires. Van Helsing would like too but claims an expedition to the village would cost a lot of money. Just then, as if by luck Van Helsing's son Leyland (Robin Stewart) and a rich widow on a world tour named Vanessa Buren (Julie Ege) who he picked up in a nightclub, turn up. That's the funding problem solved as Vanessa thinks a "Vampire hunt sounds exciting". They all set off for Ping Wei to destroy the Vampire menace, their zombie slaves and rid the land of vampirism. Directed by Roy Ward Baker this was Hammers ninth and final film to feature Dracula, and it was made after The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973). The script by Don Houghton tries hard to mix both vampirism and martial arts. It comes across as a little silly at time but is none the less pretty good fun, and at least it's never dull or boring. The fights are ok and contain some decent violence and gore. There's lots of zombies which look good, the 7 Golden Vampires look silly though, they look like zombies with fangs and a golden mask that cover the top half of the faces. The flying bats look awful as do the the women who 'struggle' to free them selves from being tied down to sacrificial altars they just move their heads a little and bend their legs a bit, come on girls put some effort into it your about to have all your blood drained by vampires for gods sake! Acting is OK, obviously Cushing couldn't join in the Kung-Fu fighting so just sort of stands there and seems a little underused throughout the second half of the film. Technically the film is quite strong with nice music, photography, sets and editing. And why does everyone in this film speak perfect English? Even though just about everyone is supposed to be Chinese. Sit back, don't ask too many questions and enjoy as there are a lot worse ways to spend 90 odd minutes of your time.
  • buffydracfan
    April 13, 2008
    buffydracfan
    cool hammer dracula spin-off(bonus if u like kung fu movies)
  • fushmange
    February 17, 2008
    fushmange
    Shitty in really interesting ways. At least the fight scenes were rad.
  • futsin
    February 17, 2008
    futsin
    If it weren't for seeing this with a Grindhouse audience (including my good friend Phil and his sister) that made fun of it throughout, this film would have probably killed me. You lose part of your sanity with the strange edits and cuts, the awkward glances, and the utter emascu...( read more)lation of Van Helsing (worst Van Helsing ever - Cushing's a great actor but the part is just written bad). David Chiang and his 6 brothers and 1 sister kick TONS of ass and do some great work in the martial arts stuff (one battle in particular was definitely applause worthy). The catch is that despite the good qualities of the movie, it's extremely flawed and a waste of potential. It's fun for having on a movie night with your buddies, but it's not exactly safe to watch alone. o_o
  • iluvepurple36
    October 27, 2007
    iluvepurple36
    i thought it was funny not horror..
  • eagletiger48
    October 18, 2007
    eagletiger48
    the classic kung fu!
  • Seandixon11
    August 6, 2007
    Seandixon11
    Its so bad its good. Martial Arts horror...fantastico!

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