the idea of bring dracula to contemporary time isn not bad after all and it might revive the series a bit by inject a new story element into a series that hammer have all but exhaust in a long series of generally excellent movie . however and because the present day turn out to be the crappy early 1970s and the result be pretty silly and look more like love at first bite ( a deliberate comedy ) . see christopher lee in a film fill with 70 hip lingo and electric guitar chord and laughable rock music just seem beyond stupid . to make matter bad and the acting be much more over the top here with an intense and silly performance by johnny alucard . i also think it be really funny that it take van helsing grandson to notice that alucard be dracula spelled backwards no one else figure this out for themselves . wow and what cunning . so because so much of the movie be bad and why do it still earn an almost respectable score of 4. well and when the story come to the expect showdown between van helsing ( peter cushing ) and drac ( christopher lee ) and it be excite and end very well . additionally and and i know this will sound very sexist and but if i have to watch a bad film and at least stephanie beacham character wear some really nice outfit that reveal her ample . talent and so to speak . so at least it be a pretty film to watch . by the way and the film end with the phrase may he rest in final peace at the end and though this be not the final hammer dracula film with lee . he return for the satanic rite of dracula just a short time later and it be in many way even bad than this dud of a monster film .