A History of Horror John Carpenter, Sara Karloff, Gloria Stuart, Carla Laemmle, Donnie Dunagan, and Sheila Wynn (Lugosi's co-star in a 1951 Dracula tour). The second episode focuses on the British Hammer Films of the 1950s and 1960s, which inspired Gatiss' childhood passion for horror. He meets key figures from Hammer to discuss the series of Frankenstein and Dracula films which made stars of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, both of whom Gatiss argues are underrated talents. He also identifies a short-lived subgenre of British folk horror drawing on paganism and folklore, including "Witchfinder General" (1968), his personal favourite "Blood on Satan's Claw" (1970)
Dracula in popular culture with Zandor Vorkov as the Count terrorizing a California boardwalk community with Frankenstein's monster in tow. Screen legends J. Carrol Naish and Lon Chaney, Jr. appeared and Famous Monsters of Filmland editor Forrest J. Ackerman cameoed as an unlucky victim. 1972 saw the release of "Blacula", a low-budget blaxploitation horror film about an African prince vampirized by Count Dracula himself (who is portrayed by Charles Macaulay) in a brief opening prologue. The 1973 sequel, "Scream Blacula Scream" briefly replays this scene as a flashback. In 1974, Paul Naschy starred in "Count Dracula's Great Love", directed by Javier Aguirre for the