Great Post Optical Guy.
I never picked up on the SLS connction. I do think it's the best looking Hammer HORROR. I think they made better films but this is bloody good.
I always thought Meinster was supposed to evoke the "Teddy Boy" Scare we had in the Fifties over here. The Quif, The Velvet Clothes. Hell, he even threatens Van Helsing with a chain.
Dracula AD 72, Twelves years earlier
Yvonne is my favourite Hammer Heroine

Russ