Dracula (1958 film) Dracula (1958 film) Dracula is a 1958 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster based on Bram Stoker's novel of the same name. The first in the series of Hammer Horror films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, this original also features Peter Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing, along with Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, and John Van Eyssen. In the U.S. the film was retitled Horror of Dracula to avoid confusion with the earlier "Dracula" (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, and the film was released in the U.S. in 1958 on a double feature
Horror comics and "The Unexpected" (formerly "Tales of the Unexpected"), with the company debuting a new title, "The Witching Hour". In 1971, the Comics Code Authority relaxed some of its longstanding rules regarding horror comics, which opened the door to more possibilities in the genre: Following this, Marvel returned to publishing true horror by first introducing a scientifically created, vampire-like character, "Morbius, the Living Vampire", followed by the introduction of Dracula in "Tomb of Dracula". This opened the floodgates for more horror titles, such as the anthology "Supernatural Thrillers", "Werewolf by Night", and two series in which Satan or a Satan-like lord