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
Taste the Blood of Dracula 6 October 2015 the movie was released on a Hammer collection pack on Blu-ray with "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave", and "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed", and "The Mummy (1959 film)". It was also released on Blu-ray separately. Taste the Blood of Dracula Taste the Blood of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. It stars Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, and was directed by Peter Sasdy based upon a script by Anthony Hinds. The film was released as a double bill alongside fellow Hammer production "Crescendo". It was the fifth entry in Hammer's Dracula