Actor: Barbara Shelley

Barbara Shelley appeared in Dracula: Prince of Darkness and Quatermass and the Pit, and is generally regarded as Hammer’s finest actress. The Dracula performance requires her to shift from repressed Victorian propriety to something else entirely, and she asked to have her fangs fitted properly instead of approximating them.

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) film posterAndrew Keir

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

Christopher Lee returns as Dracula without a single line of dialogue, and the resurrection scene is among Hammer's best. Dracula: Prince of Darkness earns its 7 by bringing Christopher Lee back to the role that made him famous and surrounding…

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