SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Console best movie i've ever seen.

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Smoreni Zmaj By itself, this is one of better Hammer movies. From movie to movie improvement in every aspect is obvious, from screenplay, to scenography, effects, directing and acting. At the other hand, this is God knows how many in a row Dracula movie that recycles same old plot, and does not offer much novelty. Although this one has bit different approach and some new details, like symbolism of the doll on Maria's bed, essentially it's same crap in different package. And that really starts to bore...6/10

simeon_flake Dracula lives again, in perhaps the best sequel Hammer produced with Christopher Lee. This time, the water Dracula is frozen in gets broken and blood from an unfortunate priest brings him back. Dracula seeks revenge on the monsignor and his family after his castle has been defiled by said priest. Perhaps the most famous scene from this film is the first staking when the Count doesn't die because the man who tried to destroy him was an atheist. The stories I've always heard was that even Lee thought that scene was pretty stupid, but I enjoyed it anyway. A gory, visual delight-- particularly when Dracula gets staked again in the closing reel and finally dies when the Priest recites a prayer and Dracula becomes a blood soaked stain on the rocks--never to return again, until another sequel is called for.9 stars...

Nick Duguay This was the first of the Hammer Dracula series not to be directed by Terence Fisher so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Freddie Francis, however, does an adequate job of following in the rather forbidding footsteps of Fisher and with Hammer's stamp. This movie seems more plot focused than Fisher's, which were much heavier on atmosphere- something I do miss in this film, however the storyline is fairly engaging and almost makes up for it. I really did enjoy the throwback to Nosferatu with the tinted frames and the acting was mostly very good. I did not like the part containing the stake as I felt that this newer addition undermined the already set mythos of the legend. Overall I found Dracula Has Risen from the Grave to be entertaining and fun if not quite as great as the first three films were.

classicsoncall If you manage to overlook the continuity issues and rather large plot holes, you can have some fun with this installment of the Hammer Dracula series. The continuity problems begin right from the start if you consider how "Dracula: Prince of Darkness" ended, but if accepted as a stand alone film I guess it doesn't make too much difference. Still, I had to wonder why the Count would have wound up on the side of a mountain in a glass topped coffin to make his first appearance. His revival did look cool though, utilizing the blood dripping off the injured priest's (Ewan Hooper) forehead, which if you noticed, disappeared and reappeared again at the door of Dracula's castle.What I think intrigued me the most in the story was the way Maria (Veronica Carlson) made her way over to Paul's room and back atop the pub, walking along rooftops and never once exhibiting a fear of heights. That method of transportation didn't seem to bother anyone else either, anyone out for a bit of fresh air simply hopped out of a window and found a convenient ledge to walk out on.I was a little surprised to see that the traditional stake through the heart didn't work very well this time around, but as soon as I saw that iron cross from the castle door go over the side, I knew it telegraphed Dracula's eventual demise. Actually, it seemed pretty easy the way Paul (Barry Andrews) defeated the Prince of Darkness, a neat double whammy coming into play with the fall on the cross and a rising sun finale. I wonder if the shadow of the Castle touching the village church in the evening was ever a problem again.