The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1973 British horror film directed by Alan Gibson and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It is the eighth film in Hammer's Dracula series, and the seventh and final one to feature Christopher Lee as Dracula. The film was also the third to unite Peter Cushing as Van Helsing with Lee, following Dracula (1958) and Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972). It was later released in the United States in 1978, retitled Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride.
Plot: A British-made chiller about a blood-thirsty count who takes up residence in modern London to develop a new strain of bubonic plague, with the evil intention of annihilating all life on Earth. This film takes place two years after the events of the previous film. A large headquarter owned by a reclusive personality has been built upon the cemetery where Dracula died in the previous film. Van Helsing is once more approached by the Secret Service after one of their officer gets hold of information regarding elite personalities performing satanic rituals in a mansion located on the outskirts.
Credits:
Christopher Lee as Count Dracula / D.D. Denham
Peter Cushing as Lorrimer Van Helsing
Michael Coles as Inspector Murray
William Franklyn as Peter Torrence
Richard Vernon as Colonel Mathews
Joanna Lumley as Jessica Van Helsing
Valerie Van Ost as Jane
Barbara Yu Ling as Chin Yang
Freddie Jones as Dr. Julian Keeley
Maurice O'Connell as Agent Hanson
Richard Mathews as John Porter, MP
Patrick Barr as Lord Carradine
Lockwood West as General Sir Arthur Freeborne
Peter Adair as Doctor
John Harvey as Commissionaire
Maggie Fitzgerald as Vampire Girl
Pauline Peart as Vampire Girl
Finnuala O'Shannon as Vampire Girl
Mia Martin as Altar Girl
Marc Zuber as Guard
Paul Weston as Guard
Ian Dewar as Guard
Graham Rees as Guard
