R.I.P Michael Gough, Peter Cushing, and Christopher Lee Most of all the lovely actress Ingrid Pitt

I guess Hammer really hit the nail on the head for horror films.

Christopher Lee: The most savage Dracula ever.

I fucking LOVE Monster Madness. I can spend hours listening to James talk about old horror films. He should be a film school teacher ! =D

Kid: "Daddy can we watch dracula has risen from the grave." Dad: "No because its an adult film," kid:" No its not its rated G." Dad:" Oh lets watch it then its probably like hotel transilvania."

"Terrence Fisher"? Sounds oddly similar to the director of the original Castlevania, Trans Fisher.

Fuck yes Christopher Lee was one of the greatest things to happen to horror films \m/

Christopher Lee is honestly one of the greatest humans to have lived, what he done and what he was capable of in life is just amazing. The word legend is thrown around a lot lately and its lost some of its meaning, but he really is one.

I find it funny that Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and David Prowse played classic horror figures and were all in star wars

I just adore Lee both as an actor and as a singer. I saw 138 movies he starred. His voice was so powerful and intense. And his performance was simply mesmerizing. Thanks to him I became the fan of horror classics and eventually wrote a book about the history of horror movies. One of the greatest man who ever lived on Earth.

These old Hammer films have the best sets and atmosphere.

Dracula Has Risen From the Grave = G Frozen = PG GG MPAA

"The hero is a guy name Paul...." Man.... When is Simon Belmont going to show up???

I love Hammer Dracula series! I love Christopher Lee too, one of my favorite actor.

god, Dracula dies and is resurrected in this series more than Castlevania

Fun Fact: Dracula 1972 AD is one of Tim Burton's Favourite movies.

In regards to Satanic Rites of Dracula. Lee said in an interview that he indeed gave Denim a Hungarian accent in that Penthouse scene to pay tribute to Bela Lugosi as well as wearing a replica of Lugosi's Dracula ring in all 7 films.

Running water has always been associated with spirits of the dead and Vampires. Even Bram Stoker took that concept into the Dracula novel, stating the Vampire is powerless at sea, cannot cross running water unless carried or otherwise taken. As for the movies I wish this older knowledge would resurface in more films... it's a bit as old as the whole garlic revulsion thing. :P

Peter Cushing has played some pretty good iconic characters Van Helsing, Dr. Frankenstein & Tarkin just to name a few & to think he's been dead for 24 years now he's done lot of movies.

The actress who played Van Helsing's granddaughter loved working with Peter Cushing. She said he was a real gentleman and treated her like she was a favored niece or granddaughter.

They rated it G & R because they were really into Guns and Roses.

"You now PROSSESS Dracula's rib", lol.

I really like the sound of the faith angle from Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. I always prefer the "You need to believe in the god that the icon represents for it to work" rule over stories where just any old schlub can cross their index fingers and frighten away what is arguably one of the most powerful undead beings in mythology.

One more thing: I was watching a documentary one time, being hosted by Christopher Lee, and he was saying at the end that he was related to Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Better known as the blood Countess. Pretty cool!!!

Being unable to crossing bodies of water unaided is a well attributed characteristic that plays into many of the old legends. Boats are okay, but they can neither swim, walk, or fly themselves over water. They have to have some kind of boat or vessel. This played into the Hellsing OVA films, where Alucard is trapped on an aircraft carrier after murdering the vampires that took over the ship. He had to get to the ship by flying a blackbird jet over the ocean and nosediving it right into the ship's deck. He lost his plane, but he wasn't trapped for long. He used him magical influence to move the massive ship up the Thames and back into the fight against the villains.

Loved all these movies. Remember watching them on Saturday afternoons in the 70's as a kid.

The guy who played alucard in ad72 is the same guy who played Jeric in the starwars Jedi knight games so that's 3 starwars actors in the film.... okay 2.5 lol

Grew up watching these movies as a kid in the 80s. I credit them to me becoming the gamer I am, as I was instantly drawn to Castlevania, and the rest was academic.

Hi from UK. Great vid, loved every min. Hammer! I grew up on this stuff. It was on late every friday, my gran let me stay up and watch em and I'm so glad she did! What a great nostalgia trip. I remember every one of these films. Lee and Cushing where Hammer legends. I loved them no matter what film they was in. Great times!

the brides of dracula has some amazing moments always worth a look at

"Peter Cushing is probably the best Van Helsing ever; he plays the part with conviction and class. I believe every word that comes out of his mouth" *rubs hands with glee* Oh yesss, I already know I'm going to love this video :)

1:48 Dracula: I'm hearing colors man! I'm flipping out!

Thank you for these reviews of the different Hammer series! They have inspired me to "dig up" all the Hammer DVD's I stored away when I moved house.

this specific monster madness inspired me to go out and buy the DVDs, so far i only have the 4 in 1 DVD set and the satanic rites of Dracula, i dont regret a single penny i spent, thanks James for introducing me to an amazing series.

Max Schenck as the original Count Orlok/Nosferatu will always be the scariest vampire in my opinion

Crappy as that last one was, that scene where Lee and Cushing meet before the climax was epic. A quiet scene with cat-and-mouse dialogue, it was as if the 2 actors knew that this would be the last time they played these characters together in the same film, that it was the end of Hammer's Dracula cycle. Also, Dracula's dissolution upon death was the best ever filmed.

I always love your reviews James. Keep resurrecting these older reviews and we'll just keep rewatching them. =]

I only like few of the hammer films but of course mr lee is the best dracula and awesome he wanted to help others find work considering most actors only care about there careers

To be fair one of the weaknesses of Stoker's Dracula, and of the medieval vampire legends pre-Stoker, was running water. However it didn't kill them, just represented an impassible barrier that no vampire could cross, only static bodies of water were ok for some reason.

PG13 did not come into existence till the 1980's. Interesting Christopher Lee didn't like being typecast, while Count Dooku is just a Star Wars version of Dracula, without him being a vampire.

Christopher Lee is THE Dracula. It's probably a transatlantic thing but I've always known him as the definitive actor for the part.

I know they are small reviews but it feels like story time with james. Love it thank you james.

I wonder if Bauhaus will ever come out with a new album titled "Christopher Lee Is Dead"

I remember when i was 5 i was able to watch any horror film and not get scared but there was something about the HAMMER Frankensteins monster that scared the shit out of me

I just love how Peter Cushing pronounces his "r"

The image of Renfield at the bottom of the stairs in Dracula (1931) still haunts me. It established my standard of less is more in horror.

The best Dracula ever. So tall, such a commanding presence

Christopher Lee is the definitive Dracula imo, which might seem sacrilegious to some

It's Hammer time 😎

Awesome fight, Grand Moff Tarkin fighting Darth Tyranus!!!

Here in Brazil they release a complete Dracula colletion, with all the Hammer Movies in a box set. :)

"Dracula with machine guns" Alucard?

Lugosi may be the classic image of Dracula, but Christopher Lee will always be my Dracula. The Hammer films were shown fairly regularly when I was growing up, so that certainly influences me, but his performances were just so fantastic.

Dracula with a machine gun? How about twin pistols, one of which has the power of an anti-tank rifle?

Peter Cushing could read the FREAKING Webster's Dictionary in a movie and it would be great!

Is this how count dooku got his name.

And here I thought I was the only one to do a series review of Hammer's Dracula films. Nice work!

Man loved this video, it finally gave me that little push on wanting to actually watch these old series....thanks!

"Since when did Dracula have a servant?" I would suggest that Renfield was a servant of Dracula, no?

Eh I prefer Christopher Bee

No one is better then Christopher Lee as Dracula. I enjoyed all the Hammer Dracula films, even the later ones where Dracula is brought back from the dead living in the seventies.

I could fall asleep listening to James Rolfe's hammer movie retrospectives!

Christopher Lee also had a personal obsession with the occult.

Christopher Lee would go from erotic to demonic in a split second.

Is Peter Cushing Grand Moff Tarkin?

even in dracula dead and loving it has renfield a dracula comedy

Really enjoying your videos James. Congratulations, I'd say you've made it!

🔨 TIME!

Please review Blacula

Taste the Blood of Dracula is still my favorite Vampire movie.. i think that the revenge aspect slasher villian is fitting, and using their daughters against them, forcing them to kill their own children, that's true evil.

Hopefully the BBC will show some of these movies come the end of the month. I always have to tune in when they're on even if l've seen them 10 times already. Classic horror at its best.

Grew up in the early 70's, I lived in the local theater watching Hammer Horror, My favorite memories!

Luv the monster madness! I look forward to it every October. Takes me back when I used to watch monster movies at my grandparents house and when TNT had that series with Joebob.

I gotta ask. Does anyone else hear Dracula's death theme from Super Castlevania IV every time he gets killed?

Brilliant James, I look forward to your Amicus series review :)

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is a visually superb movie by any standard, with numerous shots that have the salient aspect of great poster art It also has good crisp, dialogue and an interesting sub plot, an atheist vampire hunter. Chris Lee kicked ass as always. btw- Lee demanded and got excellent lines, because he'd refused to speak the lines written for him in the previous outing, Dracula: Prince of Darkness.

Harker did not go to kill Dracula because Harker knew Dracula was a vampire. Harker went to kill Dracula because he had an overdue book. Libraries took overdue books a lot more seriously back then.

I hope we get the Frankenstein hammer film reviews. Loved those.

Wonderful review❤️ ☺️ Just a little correction : the Monsignor in Risen from the Grave is Maria's uncle

The brother's name in Scars of Dracula is Simon. Simon Belmont could be a reference to this character

That would be exciting to see the unreleased footage!

And then later Dracula and Van Helsing were to owned by Emperor Palpatine!!!

I love these films, this was a great video! You should do a video on the "Amicus" Anthology horror films, like the Dracula series there's about 7 films: 1965 - Dr.Terrors House of Horrors, 1967 - Torture Garden, 1971 - The House That Dripped Blood, 1972 - Asylum, 1972 - Tales From The Crypt, 1973 - The Vault of Horror, 1974 - From Beyond The Grave. Some of these films also featured the great Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Would love to hear your thoughts on these films in a video some day.

lmfao,thank you, I googled it and I had no idea george forman named all of his sons george forman XD that made my day.

Christopher Lee was BORN to play Dracula! Handsome and cultured, and rising from the dead to create havoc and HORROR!!!

Bat spitting blood on Dracula's ashes > Dog pissing on Freddy's grave

Finding all the DVDs was difficult but I managed to get the entire collection

Christopher Lee also appeared as Dracula and Vlad Tepes in the documentary "In search of Dracula",based in the book by Radu Florescu. I thought Kiss of the vampire (1963) was part of the series too.

I just had a thought: Van Helsing vs the Belmonts. Who were the better vampire slayers?

Tarkin and Count Dooku together? I would never have imagined it.

dracula ad 1972 the portuguese name here in brazil is Dracula in mini skirt world

Christopher Lee went from Count Dracula to Count Dooku and Saruman.

Christopher Lee is so awesome as Dracula

Hilariously, I just got an ad for the Castlevania rerelease while watching this.

Great video James (once again) 👍

He's so hard to kill...just by looking at Christopher Lee as Dracula scares the hell out of me when I was a child.

One thing I always was annoyed with, whether Hammer Dracula films or other, is the horrible way in which these stories portrayed Dracula's immortality. They always killed him and resurrected him, instead of coming up with a genuinely interesting way to show him through the ages...

Even without Christopher Lee, and though it's not even really a Dracula film, i think Brides Of Dracula is the best of the Hammer vampire films.

Why the hell have I never watched these. Thanks for the video.

Just picked up a DVD 4 movie compilation of the hammer Dracula films. Watching a horror movie per night in October 2021! Can’t wait!