The Brides of Dracula (1960)

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Did you know that vampires are polygamists? (Insert own 'blood atonement' joke here.) A naive, collagen lipped young French women can't understand why all these Transylvanians are afraid of nighttime visitors in black, especially when they are polite enough to invite you to their castle. Sounds like she's a prime candidate to become one of the 'Brides of Dracula'. Interestingly Dracula is already dead at the beginning of this movie so it should actually be 'Brides of Baron Meinster', but that doesn't have the same ring.

I liked Peter Cushing's portal of professor Van Helsing, he's not fanatical, just dedicated. When Van Helsing encounters Yvonne Monlaur in the woods he tells her not to be afraid because he's a doctor; turns out he's a doctor of philosophy, theology, and metaphysics, so he was kind of misleading the poor young French girl (though Baron Meinster misleads her more). The real doctor is played by Miles Malleson, whose just awesome as the marginally competent Dr. Tobler, whose mostly concerned about getting paid. This is a fun movie, I liked its take, and I especially liked the unique color quality you find in these early 60's British horror imports. Grade: B-