THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES Roy Ward Baker 1974

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

One of the most underrated films in the Hammer canon IMO is Roy Ward Baker's collaboration with the legendary Shaw brothers,The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires.
Bringing together a fusion of martial arts,vampirism,zombies and nudity,this is always unfairly dismissed as a flop.

Okay so we have a pantomime Dracula,but look at what we do have;
Peter Cushing as Van Helsing
Almost non stop kung fu action
A delightful piece of eye candy in Julie Ege
A zombie army
Original vampire creatures
and
An exotic oriental variation on the customary vampire myths and legends.

Definitely a winner in my book.

Drastically recut and edited into The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula for U.S. audiences,I prefer the original cut.
Any other fans?

Discuss here!

[Gojirosan]

I definitely agree Reaps. Extremely under-rated, brought the hopping vampire to the west, beautifully shot (seeing the DVD after years of Pan & scan TV broadcasts was a revelation!) and Peter Cushing!

I think this is a better film than several of the Christopher Lee sequels, to be honest.

[Hamicus]

It's a strange mix for sure and something of a misfire but it's hard not to like it. It's by no means classic Hammer but it sure is great entertainment.

[Slippery Jack]

How's this for a spooky coincidence. I'm checking out the cult-labs forum while Richard Stanley's Dest Devil plays in the background (never seen it before). Just as I click on this thread and read the first post, I hear "...They were showing The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires." I look up and there's a guy pulling up in his car next to a poster for it! It's a sign for sure, I'll have to watch it tomorrow post haste . . .

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

I reordered the ABUS disc after stupidly selling it!
Gonna check out the 'Seven Brothers' version again!

[bdc]

Apparently the Shaws cut their own longer HK version with more action and who knows what else but I can't find any confirmation on this.

Here's the poster of that supposedly longer version (notice the different title):

[Vampix]

I have the UK Warner DVD of Legend which I have yet to watch.

[mark meakin]

I have the Warner release & the OOP Anchor Bay release.The US cut included on the AB release is an absolute disaster.A bit ahead of its time this film & an undeserved flop like the underrated Captain Kronos.

[Slippery Jack]

I just finished a picture. Took bloody ages ...

[bdc]

Very very nice!