Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Alan Gibson's film brings the famed vampire and arch nemesis Van Helsing kicking and screaming into contemporary London following what is a pretty cool new demise for the Count after the frankly rubbish one conceived at the end of Scars of Dracula.
Featuring bloody black masses and groovy sounds this is a product of it's time but it does feature the best showdown between Christopher Lee's Dracula and Peter Cushing's Van Helsing in a frantic finale.
I do love how Van Helsing, the eminent expert on all things Dracula and the Occult needs to do a line diagram to figure out that Alucard is Dracula spelled back to front.
A film i've watched dozens of times across the years, in fact i now think it's my third favourite of Hammer's Dracula films, edging ahead of Dracula Prince of Darkness. It's just so watchable.
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