Product Description

A young party traveling to the Carpathian Mountains receives a strange warning from Father Sandor, the Abbot of Kleinburg, telling them not to proceed with their plans. Despite his advice, the Kents continue but are prematurely abandoned in a forest by their coachman, who refuses to continue after dark. Finally, their luck is changing it seems, when another mysterious black coach appears and delivers them to an enormous, eerie castle where they are offered the hospitality of Count Dracula...

This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9742 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-03-09
• Format: NTSC
• Running time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

Dracula, Prince of Darkness
Finally received my copy of this DVD-R format copy of Dracula. It took a while to get as it is manufactured on demand (see Product Description), but it was worth the wait. Amazon kept me updated on a regular basis.
As a DVD-R, it has all the features of a regular format DVD. Yes, it is produced by Anchor Bay Entertainment. It is high-quality and the picture and extras are clear with no problems.
This was the first Christopher Lee Dracula movie I ever saw, so it has some nostalgia for me. It is a fine feature; a classy follow-up to the original 1958 Dracula (aka Horror of Dracula). Christopher Lee is menacing and charismatic. The plot is exciting and moves quickly and features some good chills.
Overall, I am pleased with my purchase. I am especially happy that I didn't spend money purchasing a DVD copy on the secondary market.

CAVEAT EMPTOR - BUYER BEWARE!!!
I was so glad when on a whim one day I noticed that old Hammer horror titles previously released by Anchor Bay Entertainment appeared to be getting a re-release. Boy, was I wrong about that! Don't be fooled. DVD-R's are no substitute for a real factory manufactured product. The pictures appear murky, bleeding and washed out even though its obviously a direct burn from a genuine Anchor Bay DVD. The sound drops in and out. I played each disc on 3 different players manufactured by 3 different companies. In all I wasted $20 dollars a piece on 3 of these pathetic knock offs. Originally when I purchased these titles there was NO mention of them being bootleg quality DVD-R's. I don't know who's ingenious idea it was to propose such a gross misuse of wasted effort. Either shame on Anchor Bay or shame on Amazon for perpetuating such poor quality knock offs at such an absurd price. They even use the original Anchor Bay DVD's cover art printed by a laser printer however most of the special features listed will not appear.

I.E. - The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires does not include the U.S. cut of the film as mentioned.

What a crime in itself either release the film correctly or don't bother at all. What a tease. What a waste of my money and time.

The movie had this been a genuine product released through Anchor Bay would've received 5 stars.

I threw my money away on:

Dracula Prince Of Darkness

Frankenstein Created Woman

The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires

Save your money until somebody with half a brain decides to do the right things with the old deleted Hammer titles. I'm still very dissatisfied with this scenario.

A Decent Chris Lee Dracula Movie
I know a lot of people rip this movie, but I've got a soft spot for it, as it is the first Christopher Lee Hammer Dracula movie I saw as a kid (on late-night TV). I agree that the "silent" Count deal didn't really work very well - I'm not sure why they decided to do it that way, especially in light of Lee's fine speaking voice, but I think the film is OK overall. You've got the travelers who ignore the warning not to go to the castle (with one of them emploring the others to heed the warning), the typical Hammer castle sets, the creepy manservant, Klove, and the fearless rifle-toting, vampire-killing monk. The running water/rifle shots/crack in the ice thing was a pretty clever idea to destroy the vampire & end the film without the standard "stake-through-the-heart" bit. The quality of the movie on the disc is pretty good, anamorphic widescreen, and the extra disc contains some interesting stuff, particularly some 8mm home movies shot on the set by a brother of one of the actors. It may not be the best Hammer Dracula film, but I think it's essential to any collection.