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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1978)
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.
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The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.
Rating:R
Genre:Horror
Written By:Don Houghton
In Theaters:10/1/1978
Box Office:$544,476
Runtime:88 minutes
Studio:Hammer Film Productions
Cast
Alan Gibson
Director
Christopher Lee
Count Dracula
Peter Cushing
Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
Michael Coles
Insp. Murray
William Franklyn
Peter Torrence
Freddie Jones
Prof. Julian Keeley
Joanna Lumley
Jessica Van Helsing
Richard Vernon
Col. Mathews
Barbara Yu Ling
Chin Yang
Patrick Barr
Lord Carradine
Richard Mathews
John Porter
Lockwood West
General Sir Arthur Freeborne
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