{"id":22698,"title":"Dracula AD 1972","description":"Dracula AD 1972from Hammer The seventh Hammer film featuring the count, and the sixth to star Christopher Lee as the count.  Featuring the return of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing for the first time since The Brides of Dracula in 1960, and was the first to feature both Lee and Cushing in their respective roles since Dracula in 1958. In 1872, Dracula and his nemesis Van Helsing battle on the top of a runaway coach","content":"<p>We are the General Witchfinders, we review horrific British horror, mainly from the 1970\u2019s, in this episode we watched\u2026<\/p><p><\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/rk7bjedlk9ogczqmjcj7m86gnkbheeutxdqyxsiuexsyghgb.jpg\" alt=\"rk7bjedlk9ogczqmjcj7m86gnkbheeutxdqyxsiuexsyghgb.jpg\" \/><\/p><p><\/p><h3><strong>Dracula AD 1972<\/strong><\/h3><p>from Hammer<\/p><p><\/p><p>In our first episode, we review the seventh Hammer film featuring the count, and the sixth to star Christopher Lee as the count. Featuring the return of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing for the first time since The Brides of Dracula in 1960, and was the first to feature both Lee and Cushing in their respective roles since Dracula in 1958.<\/p><p><\/p><p>In 1872, Dracula and his nemesis Van Helsing battle on the top of a runaway coach. The carriage crashes and Dracula is impaled by one of the wheels and Van Helsing collapses and dies from his own wounds. A century later, Jessica Van Helsing, descendant of Dracula's old nemesis, attends a black magic ceremony in which Dracula is resurrected and plans to take his revenge on the Van Helsing family by turning Jessica into a vampire...<\/p><p><\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pod.fo\/e\/142867\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00bb Listen here \u00ab<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/4itpq5h15ex9uqihyzpscpc4k40qbt9a6l8mmr2bfwfeeosh.png\" alt=\"4itpq5h15ex9uqihyzpscpc4k40qbt9a6l8mmr2bfwfeeosh.png\" \/><\/p><p><\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/bwphkfan1m2akxcyj15tkfm8aqbrmxj9fniunaeuul3jta29.jpeg\" alt=\"bwphkfan1m2akxcyj15tkfm8aqbrmxj9fniunaeuul3jta29.jpeg\" \/><\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/collection\/dracula-ad1972\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy the t-shirt inspired by the film here<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><h3>Scores:<\/h3><h2>ROSS 2 \/ JON 4.5 \/JAMES 2<\/h2><p><\/p><h3><strong>Horrific Links:<\/strong><\/h3><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/m00049t9\/ghosts\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ghosts, from the BBC<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Ghostland-Haunted-Country-Edward-Parnell\/dp\/000827195X\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ghostland, Edward Parnell<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Ghost-Stories-BBC-Signalman-Stigma\/dp\/B0083HHSZC\/ref=pd_sbs_74_3\/259-9200382-6269051\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Signalman - Ghost Stories, from the BBC: The Signalman<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><div data-youtube-video=\"\"><iframe class=\"youtube\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V5a0QnQPzR8\"><\/iframe><\/div><p><\/p><p><\/p>","urlTitle":"dracula-ad-1972","url":"\/blog\/dracula-ad-1972\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/dracula-ad-1972\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/generalwitchfinders.com\/blog\/dracula-ad-1972\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1669280739,"updatedAt":1669453464,"publishedAt":1669453464,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":251626,"name":"General Witchfinders"},"tags":[{"id":2024,"code":"main-show","name":"MainShow","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/main-show\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ivhxdmja8zjpxagkeqshawia9vni5pqmvyxkogzg6t5jlck9.png","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ivhxdmja8zjpxagkeqshawia9vni5pqmvyxkogzg6t5jlck9.png.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/ivhxdmja8zjpxagkeqshawia9vni5pqmvyxkogzg6t5jlck9.png.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"General WitchFinders: Dracula AD 1972","metaDescription":"General WitchFinders Podcast: Dracula AD 1972","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":22706,"title":"The Curse of Frankenstein","url":"\/blog\/the-curse-of-frankenstein\/","urlTitle":"the-curse-of-frankenstein","division":251626,"description":"The Curse of FrankensteinFrom Hammer19th century Switzerland!&nbsp;On the eve of his execution for the murder of his maid, Baron Victor Frankenstein confesses his story to a visiting priest. 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