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)
Blood of Dracula Blood of Dracula Blood of Dracula (UK title: Blood Is My Heritage) is a horror film starring Sandra Harrison, Louise Lewis and Gail Ganley, released by American International Pictures (AIP) in November 1957. It is one of two follow-up films to AIP's box office hit "I Was a Teenage Werewolf". Despite the title, the film has nothing to do with either Dracula or his blood. "Blood of Dracula" was released theatrically in 1957 on a double feature with "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein." The film is in black-and-white. Six weeks after the death of her mother, Nancy Perkins' father (Thomas