tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848221492618499137.post2175179648696706031..comments2024-03-26T20:30:47.896-04:00Comments on Celluloid Club: Dracula A.D. 1972Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848221492618499137.post-68905254908592014052016-01-25T17:28:43.223-05:002016-01-25T17:28:43.223-05:00You're right, but "The Satanic Rites of D...You're right, but "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" was the end of the road for the classic Hammer matchup. "The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires" was an attempt to begin a new direction by combining the classic Hammer gothic horror with the martial arts films of Hong Kong, and the movie was made in partner ship with the Shaw Brothers. Unfortunately, the production was terrible. Lee refused to be in it after he saw the script and Cushing, who was in it, was saving for his retirement. The Chinese made much better films on this theme before Hammer decided to get involved; all this film did was to cost the Shaw Brothers money, which effectively ended their partnership with Hammer. With nowhere to go, Hammer finally decided to pull the plug. Had the picture done well, there would have been a new direction with there classic monsters spin off to fight martial artists. Can't quite see the Mummy fighting kung fu style.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04596505473229034763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848221492618499137.post-38384255156278084402016-01-25T08:14:27.965-05:002016-01-25T08:14:27.965-05:00I dunno, the lesbian stuff was working just fine f...I dunno, the lesbian stuff was working just fine for me. After this movie, they even tried getting in on the martial arts action with "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" which was actually the final nail in the coffin (pun not intended!) for the Dracula franchise. It came after "The Satanic Rites", but did not star Lee as he had finally escaped the franchise and instead that year (1974) starred in Bond movie "The Man with the Golden Gun" (I think everything was golden that year).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162719714814356271noreply@blogger.com