Dracula A.D. 1972 is a 1972 horror film, directed by Alan Gibson and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It was written by Don Houghton and stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Stephanie Beacham. Unlike earlier films in Hammer’s Dracula series, Dracula A.D. 1972 had (at the time of filming) a contemporary setting, in an attempt to update the Dracula story for modern audiences.
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THE MOVIE:
Dracula in 1972 London. Bringing the beloved horror icon to the present. It sounded like it would have been everything we all had dreamed of at the time. However it didn’t go down completely as planned now did it? While it may be considered one the lesser few of the Hammer films it still has its fan base and hopefully is the start of the more cherished ones to come. Christopher Lee the icon that he is plays the role of Dracula for the sixth time in this groovy Dracula film that speaks of the time and shows its age.
VIDEO QUALITY:
Dracula A.D. 1972 is presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen coming to Blu-ray thanks to the Warner Archive. While the film has some bits of grains and small issues here and there it still looks better than it ever has before. Hopefully this level of detail and appreciation can bring forth more Hammer Horror films to blu-ray with such care on the visual side of things.
AUDIO QUALITY:
DTS HD Master Audio 2.0 is what your receiver will seek it’s teeth into. Some things are to be expected and thus obviously no all new full blown audio mix was going to put this into 5.1 and when it comes to the classics we don’t need something like that created falsely anyhow. That would practically be an all new production splitting that out. The audio track as is with this in 2.0 DTS HD MA sounds incredible for this film given the budget/history etc.
SUPPLEMENTS:
Not completely surprising the film comes to blu-ray with only the trailer as a special feature. I’m sure the fellas of the Warner Archive podcast talk about the film, but it would have been nice for that to be included as a commentary track if of course they felt up to it for the entire run time.
It is the seventh Hammer film featuring Dracula, and the sixth to star Christopher Lee in the title role. It also marked the return of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing for the first time since The Brides of Dracula (1960), and was the first to feature both Lee and Cushing in their respective roles since Dracula (1958). – wikipedia
