FilmPGGothic Vampire Classic Monsters

The Brides of Dracula1960

Name: The Brides of Dracula
Genre: Gothic, Vampire, Classic Monsters
Released: 1960-06-15
Rating: 6.7

“He Turned Innocent Beauty Into Unspeakable Horror.”

Directed by Terence Fisher

6.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.6Rotten Tomatoes 79%Metacritic 64TMDB 6.7

✍ Review

On the charts

#26·Top Vampire Films

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Year

1960

Runtime

82 min

Box Office

🏆 1 nomination total

The premise

A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way.

Horror Vault's take

A naive young schoolteacher bound for Transylvania makes a fateful act of compassion that sets a terrible evil loose upon the countryside. As darkness descends on a local academy for young women, the only hope lies with the relentless vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing. This Hammer Horror gem drips with gothic atmosphere, candlelit dread, and old-world menace. Cushing's Van Helsing remains one of genre cinema's most compelling forces for good.

Content: Vampire Violence, Mild Gore For The Era