Throughout the 1960s, Hammer continued making Dracula movies, all of which starred Christopher

Lee. Dracula, Prince of Darkness in 1966, Dracula has risen from the grave in 1968. Taste the

blood of Dracula in 1970. But by scars of Dracula later that year, it was clear that the popularity

of the franchise was starting to wane. Hammer was also competing with Egear more modern horror films

coming out of the US at the time, like Night of the Living Dead, Rosemarie's baby, and even a

vampire movie set in the present day, Count Jorger, Vampire. So, in 1972, Hammer decided to do something

new and different with their Gothic monster series. They brought Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing

back in their iconic roles as Dracula and Van Helsing, but they brought them forward in time to the

20th century. Both Dracula AD 1972 and the Satanic right of Dracula the following year proved that

it was still possible to do something fun and original with this character. And although the critical

reception at the time wasn't great, some of these later Hammer Dracula films are now considered

firm fan favorites. Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the vampire as we discuss

Dracula AD 1972 and the Satanic rights of Dracula. Welcome back to the evolution of horror.

My name is Mike Munter and as ever I am your host. If you're tuning in for the first time,

then welcome in this podcast we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror

genre by looking at a particular subgenre as one series at a time. We are currently in the middle

of our eighth series exploring the evolution of the vampire movie and this is part 6. This week's

episode is sponsored by $20 Patreon subscriber Nick Roberts and in this week's episode as that

intro suggested we are continuing to look at the Hammer horror Dracula movies but we're jumping

forward to the 1970s to discuss Dracula AD 1972 and the Satanic rights of Dracula in spoiler

horrific detail. Both of these films are so much fun, please give them a watch before listening

to out discussion. So I sat down with friend of the pod Hammer horror enthusiast and my old

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