Don't quite understand the popularity of this one I found it 82 of the longest minutes of my life. It's a completely lifeless version of the Dracula story, made and performed with the energy of an episode of masterpiece theater. Peter Cushing is decent as Van Helsing, but all the other actors are terrible. I'm sorry, but I found Christopher Lee excessively wrong in this, his most celebrated part. He made absolutely no impression on me, and he doesn't compare to Max Schreck or Bela Lugosi, or even Gary Oldman, sad to say. The set design (especially Dracula's castle) and the cinematography are pretty good, but the bright colors just do not work that well in a horror film. Does this movie scare anyone? There isn't even a smidgen of eeriness in the entire movie. Then is it camp? There was nothing funny about it, either, and that, without a doubt, includes the poorly conceived comic relief bits. I seriously hope this isn't indicative of the rest of the Hammer horror series they have been one of the major holes in my film knowledge. If they don't get better than this, it's a hole that I'm unsure I want filled. 5/10.