Vampire hunter Van Helsing returns to Transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker Baron Meinster, who has designs on beautiful young schoolteacher Marianne.
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur, Freda Jackson, David Peel
****/*****
It’s the classic Hammer Horror setup: a young woman, travelling alone in Europe, is invited to stay in a remote castle by a mysterious baroness for sinister, vampire related reasons. The great Peter Cushing - a hammer regular - returns to play a drunked and understanbly paranoid Dr. Van Helsing (no relation to Hugh Jackman).
While it doesn’t measure up to the classic Cushing/Christopher Lee collaborations, Brides of Dracula is an entertaining member of the Hammer stable of films.
