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
Dracula in popular culture to make it a Dracula film after the fact). In 1978, an independent film company produced the horror thriller "Dracula's Dog" starring Michael Pataki as the mild-mannered family psychiatrist (who is also the last living member of the Dracula family) destined to encounter the vampiric Hounds of Dracula. "Doctor Dracula" is a 1978 horror film directed by Al Adamson, featuring horror movie icon John Carradine. "Dracula Sucks" (a.k.a. "Lust at First Bite") is a 1978 adult (hardcore) horror film based on Bram Stoker's novel, starring Jamie Gillis as Dracula, Annette Haven as Mina and Reggie Nalder as Van Helsing. ""