Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn, Freddie Jones
• Directors: Alan Gibson
• Writers: Don Houghton
• Producers: Don Houghton, Roy Skeggs
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: November 17, 1998
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (82 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305183406
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,171 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Acclaimed actor Christopher Lee, who recently appeared in Star Wars - Revenge Of The Sith and Peter Jackson s Lord Of The Rings, stars in this classic horror film!

The highest quality transfer available (from the original Laser Disc) brings this movie to life PLUS a special, brand new 5.1 audio mix!

Bonus audio CD features a collection of music inspired by the film with contributions from Christian Death, Leather Strip, The Damned and more!

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underrated, June 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Sure, Christopher Lee might've been tired with the role of Dracula by this time- who wouldn't? Lee and this series in general milked its original feel for all it was worth and then some, and now set to conquer the modern world. Peter Cushing, in particular, seems invigrorated and enthused at playing Van Helsing.

The plot sees Dracula revived as a billionaire industrialist recluse who only works by night. Van Helsing & company get word of strange rituals being held, and investigate. The find out human sacrifices take place for Count Dracula, who has also gotten hold of a mutant strain of the Bubonic plague. His Four Horsemen for the Apocalypse include Van Helsing, who is captured, buy typically one of the three others chickens out, sacrificing himself for the good of mankind. Dracula needs the plague to end his own life and doom of immortality. We get a strange, dull, but unpredictable and rather original ending from the thorns of Christ. Also, Dracula has several brides keeping him company, and again Jessica Van Helsing is his next bride to be.

I liked this a lot, and I also like Dracula A.D. 1972.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hammer film's Dracula Finale, December 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Hammer film's Satanic Rites of Dracula is the final Christopher Lee role as Dracula in the Hammer series. The movie sets Dracula in the modern world (set a few years after Dracula A.D.1972) with the great Peter Cushing as his antagonist. I loved this movie and thought it a brilliant conclusion to the Hammer line. Dracula has been revived into the modern world and is functioning as a reclusive wealthy industrialist set on introducing a deadly plague into the world. Dracula is obsessed with taking revenge on the Van Helsing decendents and intends to use them as pawns in his diabolical plan. This film has somewhat of a James Bond feel yet maintains the the mystery and suspense of previous Hammer incarnations.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Really pretty good, May 27, 2001

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This review is from: Rites of Dracula [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's true that Hammer's Dracula DID need to move out of the 19th century for the sake of refreshing the plot. While it could have been better, it came out quite good in my opinion. The older films were very good atmospherically, but lacked originality. This movie has that. The Black Plague plot was really a great twist, though it might have made a better ending if Dracula had won! One problem though, these movies take too long to introduce Dracula. Especially this one since it didn't have the atmosphere of the other films, though it was great when Dracula did show up! As for the DVD I bought, it was only 6.99, though it had almost no extras. Just biographies on Lee and Cushing and a quiz. I don't recall the company, but it was not anchor bay. It was Widescreen, but I don't know if it was a "fake" widescreen like the Anchor Bay one supposedly is. All in all though, I was pleased. Just hope I didn't get ripped off with the Fake Widescreen.