Thanks for watching, Don't miss Part 2 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qZd7hsaCm528no0.html and our top 10 Hammer Dracula moments kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iqyBpcZozafefqc.html

I was working at Elstree when Lee was making Dracula A.D 1972. One morning I was on my way through the main block to the canteen when I turned a corner and bumped right into Dracula, red eyes, swirling black cloak, the lot. I jumped and screamed, and he laughed and apologised. From then on every time he saw me around the studios he’d wave and smile!

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing…two of the finest men that could be. They set the standard and it’s yet to be equalled. Loved this, thank you!

There will never be another human being quite like Sir Christopher Lee. Truly one of a kind

Lee was such a wonderful human, taking on a film he really didn't want to do simply to make sure people had jobs.

Hammer movies perfect for Halloween. Christopher lee and Peter Cushing were simply perfect together.

“We didn’t ask for any help.” “You need it all the same.” MAN, that’s an exchange. Prince of Darkness TERRIFIED me. That initial sacrifice to re-animation Dracula still chills me. Teenagers: Be careful smoking weed and watching Hammer flicks. They ain’t as cheesy as you think.

Never thought about it before. But his take on Dracula is very much like Hopkins with Hannibal Lecter. Short screen time with only a few lines, but a charisma and presence that was unforgettable.

As a kid I LOVED the Hammer Dracula films and Lee scared the hell out of me.

Christopher Lee was never the world's biggest celebrity but he lived a life few even dream of.

Christopher Lee will always be Dracula to me. But his other performances should be remembered. He was a fantastic actor and more importantly he was a war veteran.

Gotta love Christopher Lee but I think Peter Cushing is the most under rated actor ever. Cushing was phenomenal.

The best story I've ever heard about Christopher Lee was him correcting Peter Jackson as to how someone stabbed in the back would correctly sound as they died. Made you wonder what he did in WWII. Pure badass.

Stoker's "Dracula" and Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" are two of the best novels I've ever read.

I love Christoper Lee no matter what charater he played. He was also the best Dracula ever to this date. Sir Christopher Lee you are so missed. RIP.

I LOVE the fact that Christopher Lee and Boris Karloff not only became good friends, but ended up living next door to each other! There's GOT to be a film or TV series in that premise -- perhaps a male variation of "Absolutely Fabulous".

As a child I watched these movies and they scared the hell out of me. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing had it going on!

I love 'Dracula has risen from the grave'... Here is why. I was about 10 (1987) the movie was on TV at a Saturday night and my Dad said "Lets watch this together"... My Mom was in the bedroom reading, my sister was (older) and out... and I did end up alone with Chris Lee as Dracula while my Dad did fall asleep... Hahahaaaaaa I was scared, man! Great memory.

When I was young Christopher Lee scared the life out of me watching him as Dracula even today watching him I still get nervous. He was simply the best Dracula off all time. A very handsome man with the most beautiful eyes & a brilliant actors. Loved him & his great friend & actor Peter Cushing together in flims. For me the best Dracula flim off all time was Christopher & Peters first together Dracula 1958 it was a classic

I could listen to Sir Lee speak for days, one of my top 3 actors of all time what a loss

These movies ran at midnight for us when I was young and my parents would let us stay up on a Saturday night and watch in a dark lounge room while everyone else was asleep. I loved them.

I have fond memories of Christopher Lee’s Dracula films being shown the Friday before Halloween at my junior high school theater. Popcorn was 5 cents a bag. Good times.

I grew up watching Lee as Dracula. Hammer studios made the best Dracula movies

The power of Chris Lee as Dracula, when you love a movie because he's in it but it's only a few minutes and he has no lines. R.I.P. to the goat.

The scene in "Dracula" (1958) with Dracula carrying off his bride; pausing slightly to shoot a gaze back at the nearly unconscious Harker; still gives me a shudder. Without saying a word, Lee's Count seemed as though he was implying, "I'm not finished with you, Harker -- and neither is my bride."

Awesome!!! Christopher Lee is was the ultimate Dracula ever!! The Hammer Dracula series is my all time favorite horror series!!

The climax of the first film will never ever be beaten.

The Brides of Dracula is one of the best Hammer movies period. Definitely in my top 3. Although no Christopher Lee it holds its own with its beautiful effects, sets, and incredible acting by all.

Wonderful! I will never tire of Christopher Lee as Dracula!

Christopher Lee is undoubtedly the greatest screen villain of all time. Can remember staying up late to watch hammer films as a kid and genuinely being terrified of Lee as Dracula 👍

Superb half-hour of entertainment! Thanks.

These are classic movies they cannot make them like this anymore the sets and cinematography give them a completely different atmosphere which cannot be reproduced today They are movies you can always watch again just brings you back in time

Legend in every sense. Met him at a cd signing once in London, tall, handsome, witty and charming. For me THE Prince of Darkness. 💀❤️✌🏼️

He was an amazing man who lived such a full life, I adore him so much. Thank you for this. Outstanding.

RIP Sir Christopher, great actor and fascinating man!

Christopher Lee "IS" the Dracula for me. Such menace he portrayed!!! I don't care how many times I've seen his films, I will always watch them. I also love Peter Cushing too. He wire some badass clothes. Especially his coats - timeless!!!

Lee and Cushing: The Lennon McCartney of horror films!

Christopher Lee was AWESOME. Talent actor and present in many country's. R. I. P.

I would always feel best when home just before dark after watching these films as a kid. . Lee had such a wonderful voice I always wished he had some more lines in his first 3 films but I understand more after watching the doc that Hammer wanted him to be more about violence and terror on screen. Thanks for doing an excellent job here.

I normally never comment on youtube, but I just have to say: this documentary is pure gold! The passion and details are just fantastic. Lots of Love from Germany.

As teen in the 1970's I would never miss a Hammer horror movie. I Enjoyed reading about Hammer films and Universal Monster movies in my subscription to Famous Monsters of filmland magazine. Around the years 72 & 73.

My favorite Hammer film was my first. Quatermass and the Pit. Roy Ward Baker's direction blew my mind. That led me to the rest of Hammer and Terence Fisher. Nice to see you spotlight him so heavily.

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, such great actors! May they rest in peace.

I'm really enjoying your Hammer films breakdowns. Fond memories of not letting my parents know what I was watching every Saturday at 2pm.

The terrifying moment in this movie is when Harker looks up to see Dracula closing the door, the only escape. Harker`s last moments in total darkness??? Being touched or being breathed upon as the count welcomes him home!

his tall and menacing appearance makes him the most immediatning Dracula on screen, Christopher Lee had the traits of every good actor he knew how to use his appearance to make himself the role and to act accordingly to the script

For me this is my favourite Dracula ever, from the opening credits, the stone Eagle statue with the camera moving down to the cellar where the Counts coffin lies and the terrific music score by James Bernard and the film hasn't started yet!! Superb performance by Lee, very few words but glistening with menace, Peter Cushing wonderful the definitive Van Helsing, Michael Gough just great performances all round for me, the greatest Vampire film of all time.

Christopher Lee was a Hollywood Legend, RIP

The Hammer Horror films were masterful interpretations of the characters they embodied, and Christopher Lee's 'Dracula' is the crowning glory in a fantastic series of films!

Shadow of the Vampire is an interesting take on the genre. Willem Dafoe plays Max Shreck, the actor who played Count Orlok in Nosferatu (1922). In Shadow of the Vampire he's a real vampire who's hired by F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) who wants to make his movie as authentic as possible.

Sir Christopher Lee, you will always be my only Dracula. He and Sir Peter Cushing were inseparable...Jack Baker NYC

What a wonderful find! Thank you. This was the Dracula for me growing up. The Hammer films are part of my Halloween viewing choices every year.

This, as far as I know, unique two-part documentary which focuses on the late, great, Christopher Lee and his complicated relationship with the part that made him an international star, as well as Hammer Studios, is a delight, and never more so than when the focus shifts to his personal and professional relationship with his great friend and co-star Peter Cushing. I was born the same year that “(Horror of) Dracula” was released, and by the time I was allowed to watch the ‘shocking’ Hammer films at home I had already seen most of the Universal classics, but Lee immediately became the very personification of the dreaded Count, and has remained so ever since; as someone once sang, “nobody does it better.” I met Lee at a fan-club event in a London hotel during the early ‘70’s; he was utterly charming, gracious, and understanding, although I had no idea just how gracious and understanding til some years later! The evening would start with Lee giving us a potted biography, then we would be shown two(!) films, after which there would be an extended Q&A session where he would answer questions and sign autographs etc. Lee’s introductory talk was light and self-depreciating, even when talking about his WWII service, and we all listened with rapt attention! Then the lights went down and I waited for, in order of preference, “Dracula” or “The Curse of Frankenstein” to flicker to life; what we got was… “The Devil Ship Pirates” and “I, Monster.” It certainly wasn’t what I / we were expecting, but hey, we were watching with the Great Man himself, so we all clapped and cheered at the end of each film anyway… and at least “I, Monster” was a proper Horror film! In a world without social media and a more deferential press it was easier for actors and studios to control their respective narratives, unless they gave the tabloid / gutter press a reason to start digging of course, and I doubt that any of the guests in the room, myself included, was aware of Lee’s true feelings towards the Dracula films and the studio that made them. Lee started the Q&A session with a smile saying the main reason he’d filmed “…Pirates” was that he was allowed to do his own fencing in the fight scenes! There were a few questions about “I, Monster,” Lee was very happy that the film stayed close to the original book, and then for the next hour or so he answered question after question after question about the Dracula films, with praise for his co-stars, especially Peter Cushing, and everyone in the Hammer team who worked so hard to make the films a success! He took every question seriously and gave fulsome answers, usually delivered with a dry wit, never once hinting that anything was amiss behind the scenes. He was in a room full of his fans; he knew what we wanted, and as I said with charm, grace, and understanding, he made sure he didn’t disappoint us!

Lee is a definition of legend.🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇I just love how he runs and jump over the table like a beast and that look in his eyes is sooo scary.

As a life-long Hammer fan born 1964, I thought this was great. Thanks for putting this well-made documentary together.

I saw this when I was 14 and I was terrified by the end. Great movie for 1958

My favorite thing is the story of the reporter pressing him on his war service, "Can you keep a secret? So can I." Legendary! And he's related to Gen. Robert E. Lee!!

Christopher's Dracula was the only one I found terrifying. Scared the crap out of me as a child and I loved it.

Lovely Christopher Lee

Yep,best Dracula ever. I had the opportunity to meet him on the set of Gremlins 2. A towering 6ft 5. Presence. I believe he had more a actng credits than any other actor.

Christopher Lee also appeared in a movie not mentioned in this video. Here in the U.S. the movie was called "Horror Hotel". My recollection is that Lee played a college professor who was also a warlock.

And he was so damned good at it they couldn't quit! A truly great actor.

I attended a festival screening of "Horror of Dracula" back in 2012. Lee was there was Q and A afterwards. The audience clapped, read the end credits, and clapped again. Onstage was a fireside colonial chair, a desk, an ashtray, and a bottle of water. Out comes Mr. Lee, a tall suited stately gentleman looking like a conservative basketball player, and sits. The audience, the catwalk crew, the concession people in the lobby, even security, all in wild applause. He lit his pipe and quietly puffed amid a sly grin for like the next three minutes waiting for them to calm down. He discussed his career, his admiration for Peter and Boris Karloff, and the ending. A comment was made about Dracula having a tear in his eye as he decayed in the sun's rays so much so there were sobs in the audience. He agreed. It was. He said Dracula was always in torment for condemnation to acts that saddened and repulsed him. But being sent back into the abyss, an existence without a body, was more painful. He always looked for redemption in the characters he played. He never judged them. Even an arch vampire. Silence from the crowd. He puffed again with slow resonant release. And they applauded again.

Great retrospective on these great Hammer masterpieces. And RIP Suzan Farmer from 2017. Came as a little shock this gorgeous little actress from my childhood is no longer with us. Certainly left her mark on Dracula Prince Of Darkness.

The 1958 Dracula is very difficult to watch alone. Found out last night. What a movie!!!! Christopher Lee does Dracula like no one else.

Christopher Lee was an amazing actor and an amazing man. They don't make 'em like this anymore...He voiced King Haggard in both the original "Last Unicorn" AND the German dub, since he spoke fluent German having personally fought Nazis in WW2...

A wonderful review of the first few films. Dracula will always be Christopher Lee's supreme creation. The way he could rise above the limits of the material, do so much with so little screen time or dialogue, even make that eerie stillness an active part of the character will never be matched. But people must remember that this Dracula is only a very, very small portion of his work. I hope that people who love Lee's Dracula will go out in search of his other films, some good, some not so, but always with that special Lee performance.

I love these films. Hammer horror will always be best.

Consistently entertaining,and informative..if the BBC showed these it would be worth the licence fee.

I never noticed that Dracula's footsteps were silent ...... good observation.

Real talk: Dracula's resurrection in Prince of Darkness is my favourite scene in the entire run of Hammer's Dracula. Everything from the footsteps of Klove, the drum in the background, the hanging of poor Alan, the blood pouring over Dracula's ashes which causes the room to go darker, everything just comes together to make it 1 epic scene. And let's not overlook Klove in this, this guy's general calm nature as well as his clear loyalty to his master really brings the character to life!

I cannot wait to see Part two! I love Christopher Lee and Hammer horror films. All others leave me cold.

Thanks for covering this series, one of the better in horror imo. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee played off each other brilliantly in the first film, More-so that in Curse of Frankenstein and for me, made Cushing into the person I enjoyed seeing through many a late night movie back in the day. It never occurred to me til later when reading interviews in Famous Monsters and other mags that Lee didn’t like to keep doing it, as he always seemed to put his best foot forward in the movies. I can’t wait to see the next part of this.

In MY humble opinion, Sir Christopher Lee was THE quintessential "Dracula!" So many people talk about Bela Lugosi in the 1930's, but I never found his Dracula scary at all because I just couldn't get past his accent! Even when I was a kid, I simply found his performance and his accent...funny and hammy. There was absolutely nothing funny about the way Mr. Lee portrayed him! He was scary, ferocious, seductive and evil, and that's how Count Dracula was supposed to be portrayed!

Of all the Lee movies, the one that strikes closest to home for me is THE DEVIL RIDES OUT. Being a paranormal expert it is one the few films that had a grasp of it. I also enjoyed Lee's attempt at comedy. In 1941 lee's German was flawless and he did a great character ( never imagined EVER Lee doing a scene with an old Western star like Slim Pickins). Great job guys, you have again showed us what talented film makers you are.

I'm at home watching this on KZfaq. The church in abbey park cemetery in Stoke Newington, hackney was used by hammer horror films. It's behind the wall to my garden.

The “goriest scene Hammer ever shot” rattled me as a kid big time. I was on guard duty many years later, walking in the dark and that scene popped into my head. It still packs a punch. Thank you for this content.

This has to be the best documentary I’ve ever seen! The editing, voiceover, information, etc are all perfect

The 1958 Dracula film by Hammer was entitled 'Horror of Dracula' not simply 'Dracula'. I know because I was there to see it.

I saw 137 movies with Lee in total. What a great person he was!

There is only one Dracula and that is Christopher Lee!!! Simply placing a set fangs in some actor's mouth does give him all of Christoper Lee's great acting skills!!!!

Another superb retrospective! Lee's Count was the very finest in cinema, I eagerly await Part II...

The role of Dracula brought him notoriety and a fang club...I mean fan club. When I was 10 years old I sat alone in the Clinton Theatre in Columbus, Ohio and watched this movie on the big screen. It was both terrifying and riveting, in great part due to James Bernard's musical score. I always thought it was a great movie even though many critics snubbed their noses at the horror genre back then. I'm glad to see that it has received the recognition, admiration and accolades that it deserves.

As great as Christopher Lee was as Dracula, Peter Cushing was as Van Helsing. I'm glad you didn't forget about his work too.

Christopher Lee is Dracula. Other actors portrayed him (some wonderfully) but Lee is actually alive (and dead) as the Count. No one has ever played Dracula with more believability than Lee. “Horror of Dracula” is the best vampire film ever made and that’s because of Christopher Lee’s performance.

The first three movies, especially the first one are some of my favourite movies ever! Loved vampires since I was a child and Lee was my first Dracula, brought to me by my father who was a big Lee and Horror Fan. God I love Sir Christopher and this movies! Every year again and October is nearing!

great review,i grew up watching lee on cable stations and chiller theater on weekends during the 1970s.

Merci pour ce joyau cinématographique dédié aux célèbres films gothiques de la célèbre firme de la hammer.

Thanks for the Review!!! The First Christopher Lee Dracula movie Horror of Dracula (1958) is my favorite of his movies!!! I like the many differences in the movie compared to the book like no Reinfield!!

I always enjoyed watching the Hammer Production Dracula movies

I bet audiances in 1958 were scared when lee first appeared with the red eyes and fangs with blood on his mouth!!

A great tribute to the best vampire in cinema; Dracula aka Christopher Lee.... thanks for posting! :)

Hello 🙋 thank you for sharing. Dracula avec le regretté talentueux inégalé Christopher Lee

Can't wait to see part two! In all the Dracula movie adaptaions, no one could match Christopher Lee's eerie and charismatic performance. Only Gary Oldman's emotional portayal rather impressed me. Dracula with Lee in it also was my first scary movie. Bonus.

Thank you so much for putting this tribute together. Christopher Lee accomplished so much in his life, it seems almost trivial to focus on his most iconic film role. Yet, it is because of his portrayal of Dracula that we have the Hammer horror films and the legacy of all the great film artists that make the Hammer films so much fun to watch. Great job putting this video together and I can't wait to see part 2.

Just came across your channel. So glad I did! These are excellent and it's such a joy to hear the stories behind these classics.

11:57 ''He's dead and he's free !" a real howl !

Fangtastic !! I AM SO looking forward to Part 2 and beyond. It's wierd ....all these years and I've always dismissed this movie as old and crusty. But recently had a vivid nightmare one night after seeing it on late night TV. In my dream Lee was terrifying with long nails and able to cling to the wall. He was So cold and ready to kill. And you have captured this with your video. Lee portrayted the chilling Dracula so well in this film. Also the eroticism was censorsed for 1950's cinema viewers which you cover excellently. I hope it's not too long before Parts 3, 4 and 5 are made for great late night viewing.

Thoroughly enjoyed your enthusiastic look back at the classic era of Dracula I was raised on! Your love for it is endearing and now I just want to go back and rematch them all :)

I live in the area where they filmed a lot of these, the studio is/was down the road to me and the surrounding woods and ponds around my town is where a lot of the outdoor shots were filmed.