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dracsback		#381	[-]
Dec 11 11 10:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If I were someone else on this board I might say: "Look, we see Dracula leave castle Dracula in a stampeding hearse that nearly runs over Van Helsing. Then right after Van Helsing stakes Harker, suddenly he's back in London and Lucy has issues! Draculas is already feeding on her! Therefore, the scenes in between have certainly been cut due to the way the film is edited. It's obvious that the ship crossing scene exists - how else would he have gotten to London? If you don't believe me then you must be a ...". Ok. Sorry about that. Just having some fun. Now back to RISEN FROM THE GRAVE. "I saw what I saw when I saw it!" Last Edited By: dracsback Dec 11 11 10:21 AM. Edited 2 times.
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Ted Newsom		#382	[-]
Dec 11 11 1:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Joe Karlosi wrote: By the way, the ship AND Renfield belong in the DRACULA story. At least in 1931 they were there! The chase back to the castle belongs there, too, and it wasn't in the 1931 version. Or NOSFERATU, for that matter.
Wich2		#383	[-]
Dec 11 11 2:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, as Hammer set the whole story within a few miles radius in one land-locked province, seeing Cap'n Drac sail a four-master along the creeks & rivers would've looked a little off!
BijouBob8mm		#384	[-]
Dec 12 11 11:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, dramatically, there is more impact of having Drac suddenly show up at the top of the steps rather than just turn around and see him standing around waiting for Harker to finish off the girl. (I'm always more puzzled as to why Harker didn't nail Dracula first, instead of Valerie Gaunt.) Jog my memory; before Dracula appears at the entrance to the crypt, doesn't Harker turn from Gaunt's coffin to that of Dracula, only to find it suddenly empty? Theatrically, it's a good ploy as it gives us a double shock back-to-back. ("Good God, he's gone!" immediately followed by "OMG, he's still here!!!") Although these days it's hard to remember that these films did break new ground and were considered shocking, as we now see a lot more gore in a PG-13 film than in most of Hammer's earlier color offerings. At the time HOD was made, in a pre-home video era, the ability to frequently rewatch it and analyze its flaws wasn't so easy. Someone once pointed out that the lapses of logic in James Bond films; the idea is to keep things fast and fun so that the audience doesn't have a chance to think about that sort of thing until after they're back home. (Might have even been one of the Bond directors who made the observation, but won't swear to that.)
Ted Newsom		#385	[-]
Dec 12 11 11:52 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think the rationale is that Harker feels obligated "to do what is necessary to release [the vampire girl's] soul," as he puts it in his diary entry. She'd pleaded for his help before, and he was doing her a favor by staking her first. He just should've done it a little faster.
HalLane		#386	[-]
Dec 12 11 12:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	As I remember the scene, Dracula is visually cutting off Harker's only avenue of escape. I didn't see any lapse of logic at all. Made perfect sense to this eight year old kid cringing behind the seat in front of me. Scariest part of the picture!
BijouBob8mm		#387	[-]
Dec 12 11 1:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	right after Van Helsing stakes Harker, suddenly he's back in London and Lucy has issues! Draculas is already feeding on her! Therefore, the scenes in between have certainly been cut due to the way the film is edited. It's obvious that the ship crossing scene exists - how else would he have gotten to London? As I recall, the London setting of Stoker's novel isn't used in HORROR OF DRACULA, and wouldn't turn up as a locale in the franchise until TASTE TE BLOOD OF DRACULA. They decided to keep the action closer to home (at least Dracula's home), and so the European city the Holmwoods live in is within riding distance from the frontier border, easily accessible by horse & carriage. I think the rationale is that Harker feels obligated "to do what is necessary to release [the vampire girl's] soul," as he puts it in his diary entry. She'd pleaded for his help before Yeahhhhh, but I think the only help she really wanted was a helping of Harker jugular vein. Straight, no chaser. Last Edited By: BijouBob8mm Dec 12 11 1:30 PM. Edited 3 times.
skelton knaggs		#388	[-]
Dec 23 11 3:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Watched this again last night just to make sure. And although there are some nice set pieces sprinkled about the production. I just don't think so...... "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Joe Karlosi		#389	[-]
Dec 23 11 3:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What a good Dracula film. "Guy named Squeamy got thrown from the fifth floor. He's deader'n a mackerel."
Ted Newsom		#390	[-]
Dec 23 11 6:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Oh, Joe, you make me chuckle. Really.
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Joe Karlosi		#391	[-]
Dec 25 11 6:39 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That Freddie Francis. What a fine director. Much better than that other fella. "Guy named Squeamy got thrown from the fifth floor. He's deader'n a mackerel."
Ted Newsom		#392	[-]
Dec 26 11 6:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yer killin' me.
skelton knaggs		#393	[-]
Dec 27 11 1:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ted Newsom wrote: Yer killin' me. Not to mention the whole Dracula legacy started by that other guy.... "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
professor liebstrum		#394	[-]
Dec 27 11 5:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Watched the BBC's adaption of M R James THE ASH TREE over Christmas and remembered Barbara Ewing's in that too. The nudity comes as a bit of a shock but I don't think they'll let me post screen grabs. Russ
skelton knaggs		#395	[-]
Dec 27 11 5:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	professor liebstrum wrote: Watched the BBC's adaption of M R James THE ASH TREE over Christmas and remembered Barbara Ewing's in that too. The nudity comes as a bit of a shock but I don't think they'll let me post screen grabs. Russ http://www.barbaraewing.com/ I found this very interesting....Maybe you will too. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
professor liebstrum		#396	[-]
Dec 27 11 5:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks, Skelly Russ
skelton knaggs		#397	[-]
Feb 12 12 1:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Again my apologies, but I seem to find the behind the scenes stuff more interesting than the actual film. Seems we got Freddie Francis watching over a practice staking of Lee... "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
dracsback		#398	[-]
Feb 12 12 10:36 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tks for the pic. I love BTS stuff too. I remember back in the 60s on the CBS or ABC Saturday night movie they would occasionally show featurettes at the end to fill in the 2 hour slot. These were usually no more than 6 to 8 minutes of some movie's BTS filming. I LOVED THESE. It's what attracted me to the magic of movie making. No wonder that on DVD/BDs, I like the featurettes too. I just wished there was more of it. Tks Skelton. "I saw what I saw when I saw it!"
VillageBarMaid		#399	[-]
Oct 13 12 8:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	THIS is my fave of the Hammer films, with Lee as Dracula. Partly due to it being the 1st Hammer film, I recall seeing on tv as a kid. Watching this again, takes me back to then and freaking out @ Lee's bloody eyed stare. Ah good times....
jamesenstein31		#400	[-]
Oct 13 12 9:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think this was my first Hammer Dracula, and as a kid, this movie seemed pretty hardcore. Dracula pulls a stake out of his chest! Dracula gets impaled on a cross! Christopher Lee as SCARY Dracula! This was more intense than Bela Lugosi, that was for sure. It also was one of my first exposures to a more adult kind of horror film. This had lots of violence and implied sex(which was about to become more blatant, very quickly) and some really twisted ideas(how about the Priest aiding Dracula?) About HORROR OF DRACULA and why Harker killed the Bride, first: I think it was his intent to sever the bloodline and rid himself of the curse. In some legends, they say that the spell of the vampire can be broken if one destroys the original giver, in this case, the woman who bit him. It's a shot in the dark, and may have been so for the character, whom I sure was pretty desperate, considering his plight.
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