Brides of Dracula

Brides of Dracula
Credits
Title:	Brides of Dracula
Director:	Terence Fisher
Writers:	Peter Bryan; Edward Percy; Anthony Hinds; Jimmy Sangster
Producers:	Michael Carreras Anthony Hinds Anthony Nelson-Keys
Composer:	Malcolm Williamson John Hollingsworth
Cinematography:	Jack Asher
Editors:	Alfred Cox James Needs
Production
Distributed by:	Hammer Film Productions
Released:	July 7th, 1960 (UK) September 5th, 1960 (US)
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	85 min.
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
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Brides of Dracula is an English feature film of the horror genre. It was produced by Hammer Film Productions and is part of the "Hammer Horror" line. The movie was directed by Terence Fisher with a screenplay written by Jimmy Sangster, Peter Bryan and Edward Percy. It was released in the United Kingdom on July 7th, 1960. It was released in the United States on September 5th, 1960.

Cast

Actor	Role
Peter Cushing	Doctor J. Van Helsing
Martita Hunt	Baroness Meinster
Yvonne Monlaur	Marianne Danielle
Freda Jackson	Greta
David Peel	Baron Meinster
Miles Malleson	Doctor Tobler
Henry Oscar	Herr Otto Lang
Mona Washbourne	Frau Helga Lang
Andree Melly	Gina
Victor Brooks	Hans, a villager
Fred Johnson	Father Stepnik
Michael Ripper	Coachman
Norman Pierce	Johann, landlord
Vera Cook	Landlord's wife
Marie Deveruex	Village girl

Notes & Trivia

• Brides of Dracula (1960), The Brides of Dracula, and Brides of Dracula, The all redirect to this page.

• The tagline for this film is "He turned innocent beauty into unspeakable horror".

• Brides of Dracula was filmed at Bray Studios in Berkshire, England.

• This movie holds a fresh score of 73% on Rotten Tomatoes.

• Despite its title, Dracula does not actually appear in this movie.

• This is the second film in the Dracula series produced by Hammer Film Productions. It follows the 1958 movie Horror of Dracula. Plotwise however, it is a stand-alone film with no story connections to any other film.

• There are a total of fifteen credited cast members in this film.

• This is the second movie to feature Peter Cushing in the role of Professor Van Helsing.

• Anthony Hinds also contributed to the script treatment for this film, but is uncredited for his participation.

• Actress Marie Devereux's surname is mis-spelled as Marie Deveruex in this film.

Recommendations

Abominable Snowman, The Horror of Dracula Dracula 1972 A.D. Brides of Dracula Frankenstein Created Woman

Curse of Frankenstein, The Revenge of Frankenstein Satanic Rites of Dracula, The Scars of Dracula X the Unknown

See also

Media

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Dracula films Dracula comics Dracula novels

The World of Dracula

Dracula characters Dracula locations

Dracula organizations Dracula miscellaneous

External Links

The Brides of Dracula at TCM The Brides of Dracula at IMDB The Brides of Dracula at Wikipedia The Brides of Dracula at Rotten Tomatoes

The Brides of Dracula at Themoviedb.org The Brides of Dracula at the Movie Database The Brides of Dracula at the Hammer Horror Wiki The Brides of Dracula at the Brides of Dracula Wiki

Keywords

19th century; Baron; Bats; Burn victim; Castle; Cemetery; Coachman; Doctor; Dracula; Dracula's brides; Horses; Hypnosis; Impalement; Innkeeper; J. Van Helsing; Transylvania; Vampires; Village; Wooden stake