Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn, Freddie Jones
• Directors: Alan Gibson, Terence Fisher
• Writers: Don Houghton, Anthony Hinds, Bram Stoker, Jimmy Sangster
• Producers: Anthony Nelson Keys, Don Houghton
• Format: Color, DVD, Limited Edition, NTSC
• Language: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: January 13, 2004
• Run Time: 175 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000W5H7E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,367 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dracula Prince of Darkness/The Satanic Rites of Dracula" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Warning!!!, May 13, 2006

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James Quirk, author of The Ninth Leg (Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dracula Prince of Darkness/The Satanic Rites of Dracula (DVD)

For owners of high-definition televisions, be warned that this is merely presented in widescreen format and NOT anamorphic widescreen format.

Because this is out of print, some private sellers are asking for exorberant amounts for this. Be forewarned. I purchased it from a seller who offered it at a reasonable rate. I'm trying to complete my Hammer Films collection and "Dracula: Prince of Darkness" is a must. (I'm not a big fan of the "Satanic Rites of Dracula," but it's nice to have that, as well.) But I thought it was enhanced for widescreen televisions before I bought it and I was wrong.

I give this four stars because Anchor Bay didn't offer these films in anamorphic widescreen. While that is very disappointing, I'm still happy to own it.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Note about the DVD, May 21, 2005

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Ham Tyler - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dracula: Prince of Darkness (DVD)

This is a very good film from Hammer. My issue is with the print they used for the anchor bay DVD release. The color is off. When they have shown this film on Turner Classic Movies, they show a different print. The color is deeper and richer. If you check the end of the film, the print used on cable was originally distributed by Warner-Pathe. The print on the DVD was originally a 20th Century Fox Distribution.
Anchor Bay(or SOMEONE) should release the Warner-Pathe version on DVD. It is a big improvement visually.

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great deal with some little flaws..., January 29, 2004

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Ulalume Jones "Creative Gal" (Between Nothing and Nowhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dracula Prince of Darkness/The Satanic Rites of Dracula (DVD)

The 4 star rating is for the quality and presentation of the DVDs, not the movies themselves. I am a huge Hammer fan and I am building up a collection. These seemed like a deal I couldn't pass up, so I will pour out the facts about this new set so you can make an informed opinion. For reviews of their plotlines, actors and the rest, it would be best to look up these movies by their seperate titles or at the links given below by this website.

The good news about the DVDs:
*Two movies at a good price!
*Chris Lee (and others) commentary on Prince of Darkness!
*Large nice quality poster postcards inside of both films! They have the chapter stops on the other side of them.
*5 minutes of Behind The Scenes footage on Prince of Darkness with commentary by Chris Lee (and others!)
*House of Hammer short called "Dracula and the Undead," mainly clips from Hammer films with vampires in them but very cool, never seen a scene from Vampire Circus, so now I want to check that out!

*Both movies are gloriously uncut!

The Bad News:
*Widescreen ratio is smaller than average, which is disappointing. More so on Prince of Darkness...I think Satanic Rites was bigger, more the standard letterbox form.
*Films tend to jump a little. I have no idea if this is the original print of the film, the DVD or my player...or a bit of all three. It doesn't happen often enough for me to really complain about it since I have VHS versions of these which are much worse as far as film quality. Scenes "skip" a 1/3 second or so, such as in Prince when the woman gets out of the carriage. Happens about 5-6 times in the whole set.
*Hammer extra on Satanic Rites is the same "Dracula and the Undead" on the other DVD. So you get the same show twice. I guess that is ok if you are lending one of the DVDs out...but I would think they could have put on another House of Hammer.
*Holders for the DVDs tend to smack into each other and since they are both double sided DVDs (not one sided,) I worry about them getting scratched. They do come off the center without much effort, compared to the Midnite Movie ones you basically have to pry off, almost breaking the DVD in the process!

Overall, a good effort. 4 Stars. Could have been 5 if there had been commentary on both films, no jumping of the frames and two different Hammer specials. But for the price, you really can't beat it. I would highly recommend this for anyone wanting to get a taste (heh) of what Christopher Lee's Dracula character is like and wonderful insights into the world of Hammer Films.