{"id":32429,"date":"2021-03-22T08:57:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=32429"},"modified":"2021-01-29T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:59:12","slug":"dracula-has-risen-from-the-grave-1968-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=32429","title":{"rendered":"Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nEarly on, “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave” made me feel uneasy… From the scenes of a Monsignor (Rupert Davies) traveling with a priest to perform an exorcism on Castle Dracula in order to bring the superstitious (ha!) congregation back to church on Sunday, to the romantic subplot between a scholarly baker and the Monsignor’s daughter, and a distinct lack of Drac, I began to wonder if I was being shortchanged by a title that looked to just capitalize on the success of the Hammer Dracula films. However, the more I kept with it, the more I enjoyed “Grave”–the above-mentioned plot threads, which at first seem corny, are interwoven with delicate skill by director Freddie Francis; the characters and their conflicts are surprisingly endearing (including an angle that brings atheism into the mix); and Christopher Lee is in fine form as the brooding, red-eyed Count (though the production suffers from the absence of frequent co-star Peter Cushing).<\/p>\n

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