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
Tender Dracula Tender Dracula Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker () is a 1974 French horror-comedy film directed by Pierre Grunstein. The film stars Peter Cushing, Alida Valli and Miou-Miou. The film involves two scriptwriters and two girls who are ordered by their director to visit the castle home of a horror actor (Peter Cushing) and to talk him out of his intention to change from horror films to romantic ones. The longer they stay in the castle, the more likely it seems that the actor is an actual vampire. The film was shot between February 11, 1974 and March