Dracula in popular culture States as "Horror of Dracula" to avoid confusion with the earlier Lugosi version. This was followed by a long series of Dracula films, usually featuring Lee as the Count. It was Lee who fixed the image of the fanged vampire in popular culture. The Hammer films in which Dracula (or a follower) appeared (and the actor portraying the character) were: Though Dracula is pronounced as dead in "The Brides of Dracula", he is resurrected for "Dracula: Prince of Darkness", before being killed off again. This formula is followed in each succeeding film apart from the last, "The Legend of the
Dracula: Prince of Darkness with "The Satanic Rites of Dracula". Scream Factory announced a Collector's Edition Blu-ray release of the film for December 18, 2018. Dracula: Prince of Darkness Dracula: Prince of Darkness is a 1966 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher. The film was photographed in Techniscope by Michael Reed, designed by Bernard Robinson and scored by James Bernard. It stars Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, and Barbara Shelley. This was the third entry in Hammer's Dracula series, and the second to feature Christopher Lee as the titular vampire. A prologue replays the final scenes from "Dracula", in which Doctor Van