Countess Dracula from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the USA as a double-bill with "The Vampire Lovers", and from Carlton in the UK in a box set with "Twins of Evil" and "Vampire Circus". Synapse released a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack in the U.S. in 2014, which featured a new high-definition transfer. Countess Dracula Countess Dracula is a 1971 British Hammer horror film based on the legends surrounding the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory. The film was produced by Alexander Paal and directed by Peter Sasdy, both Hungarian émigrés working in England. The original music score was composed by Harry Robertson. "Countess Dracula" was also released on
Thomas Bathe Bathe did not choose to appear. He was outlawed and deprived of his estates, although it seems that he was able to have a portion of them regranted to his son John Bathe of Ardee. It was explicitly stated that Bathe "shall never have place in the Parliament of this land or hold any office under the King's grant". Despite the triumph of the Yorkist cause in 1461, Bathe's disgrace was not permanent: York's son, the new King Edward IV in general followed a policy of reconciliation with his former enemies. Bathe's estates were restored to him in 1472 and