Dracula: Prince of Darkness/The Satanic Rites of Dracula 2-Pack (DVD, 2003, Two Pack)

Ahhhh, Christopher Lee...the ultimate Dracula of all time! Nobody does it better....not even Bela Lugosi, but that's my personal opinion. This 1966 Hammer film was the sequel to Horror of Dracula. Two couples traveling to the Carpathian Mountains get a warning from Father Sandor, the Abbot of Kleinberg, telling them not to proceed with their plans. Despite his advice, they proceed with their plan.....after all there wouldn't be a movie if they didn't! As usual, it seems to always get dark when the coachmen in Lee's movies refuse to go further and abandon their passengers to the night to fend for themselves. Just when their luck seems to have run out, a mysterious black coach appears and delivers them to the eerie castle where the guest are given plenty of hospitality. Of course, Dracula needs to be revived by blood after a particularly long, long sleep but one of the guest provides that nicely. Rather gorey here, for the 60's, with the blood letting from a slit throat. Barbara Shelly and Andrew Keir give a good show in this one since they are the only two to get away from the castle.
All Lee's Dracula flicks are fun to watch and I never grow tired of seeing him play the Prince of Darkness, getting killed and being brought back to life somehow. Sure, maybe they seem hokey by today's standards, but nobody played Dracula better.