Couch Trip Cinema

Happy Halloween! We are excited to bring you another great Hammer Horror movie on this day of Samhain. The Brides of Dracula (1960), directed by Terrance Fischer, is a sequel to Hammer's original Dracula (US: Horror of Dracula) (1958). This film takes place after the death of Dracula. A young woman on her way to teach a school of ladies helps a young man escape the clutches of his mother. The young man is a vampire who begins to turn the townspeople into vampires. Now Dr Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) must destroy the handsome vampire, Baron Meinster.

Happy Halloween from us, Chris and RoL0ren at Boobs, Blood And Badasses! Join us for "The Curse of Frankenstein" on this stormy night (at least here in FL). 

Victor Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) is a scientist, with a goal of creating man. His experiments frighten his best friend and partner, Paul Krempe (Robert Urquhart), due to their insane methods, and so Frankenstein assembles a hideous creature (Christopher Lee) on his own and brings it to life. But the creature is violent and Frankenstein is forced to kill his creation.

On the premiere episode of "Boobs, Blood & Bad-Asses", the bi-weekly (approximately 60-minute) podcast dedicated to exploring and celebrating the expansive Hammer Horror library of films, hosts Dr. Chris and Ro discuss the 1958 British horror film Horror of Dracula. The film was originally titled just Dracula but was renamed when released in the U.S. to avoid confusion with the earlier Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi. The film was released in the U.S. on a double feature with the Universal film The Thing That Couldn't Die.

Directed by Terence Fisher and written by Jimmy Sangster, the film was based on Bram Stoker's novel of the same name. It was the first in the series of Hammer Horror films starring Christopher Lee as Count Dracula. This original also features Peter Cushing as Doctor Van Helsing, along with Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, and John Van Eyssen. 

In 2017 a poll of 150 actors, directors, writers, producers and critics for Time Out magazine saw Dracula ranked the 65th best British film ever. Empire magazine ranked Lee's portrayal as Count Dracula the 7th Greatest Horror Movie Character of All Time.