Count Dracula and Professor Van Helsing by Bram Stoker
Produced by
Don Houghton
Vee King Shaw[1]
Starring
Peter Cushing
David Chiang
Julie Ege
Robin Stewart
Cinematography
John Wilcox
Roy Ford[2]
Edited by
Chris Barnes[1]
Music by
James Bernard[2]
Production companies
Hammer Film Productions
Shaw Brothers Studio[1]
Distributed by
Columbia-Warner Distributors (United Kingdom)[1]
Release dates
11 July 1974 (1974-07-11) (Hong Kong)
29 August 1974 (1974-08-29) (London)
6 October 1974 (1974-10-06) (United Kingdom)
Countries
United Kingdom
Hong Kong[1]
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (Chinese: 七金屍) is a 1974 martial arts horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker. The film opens in 1804, when seven vampires clad in gold masks are resurrected by Count Dracula (played by John Forbes-Robertson). A century later, Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), known in the world for his exploits with Dracula, is recruited by a man and his seven siblings after giving a lecture at a Chinese university to take on the vampires. The film is a British-Hong Kong co-production between Hammer Film Productions and Shaw Brothers Studio.[1]
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires was shot between 22 October and 11 December 1973, at Shaw Brothers Studios in Hong Kong, where Chang Cheh was hired to direct further martial arts scenes for the film's release in the East. The film was first released in Hong Kong and then in the United Kingdom with a shorter runtime. On its release in the United States, the film was truncated further and titled The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula. The film was a financial failure.
Baker said that The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires was a "Terrible picture, but some of the Chinese were very nice. The leading man was David Chang, a nice man. The kung-fu people were alright. They went a bit berserk but I left that alone. The understanding was that they would do the kung-fu stuff and I would do the rest of it, which suited me no end I can tell you."[3]
^ abcdefGlaessner, Verina (September 1974). "Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, The". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 41, no. 488. British Film Institute. p. 202.
^ abcdFellner 2019, p. 247.
^Fowler, Roy (October–November 1989). "Roy Ward Baker Interview" (PDF). British Entertainment History Project. p. 175.
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