Horror of Dracula was the American title of Dracula so as not to confuse with the original 1931 Bela Lugosi Universal version.
Made with a budget of £81,412, the filming of Dracula began in November 1957. Set in 1885 twelve years before the publication of the original novel. Peter Cushing was Van Helsing and Christopher Lee as Count Dracula. The movie became a huge success and broke box-office records in the UK, the United States (released as Horror of Dracula) and across the world.
When the second draft of Dracula was submitted to the BBFC they replied:
“The uncouth, uneducated, disgusting and vulgar style of Mr Jimmy Sangster cannot quite obscure the remnants of a good horror story, though they do give one the gravest misgivings about treatment. […] The curse of this thing is the Technicolor blood: why need vampires be messier eaters than anyone else? Certainly strong cautions will be necessary on shots of blood. And of course, some of the stake-work is prohibitive.”
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Christopher Lee, Hazel Court and Anton Diffring at the Hammer Christmas party in December 1958.
American Horror of Dracula lobby card.
Bram Stoker’s Dracula American First Edition published in 1899.
English First Edition published in 1897.
French poster for Dracula
American poster of Dracula
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Spanish poster
Dracula lobby card
American Dracula movie tie-in version of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel.
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Horror of Dracula being shown at Gloversville, NY in 1958.
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