Dr Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) and his niece Jessica (Joanna Lumley) join forces with London police to track members of a strange new cult led by a mysterious figure intent on taking over the world…
At this stage of the Dracula ‘saga’, I was watching these movies with the same mindset as Christopher Lee - by contractual obligation.
Made by the same team behind AD 1972 as a direct sequel, this movie is trying. I just found it to be a bore.
The series was trying anything to stay relevant - here it is going for a low-budget riff on James Bond, with Dracula behind the scenes as an evil mastermind, who is developing a plague to wipe out humanity.
While the stars are back again, the film around them is more like a low-energy action thriller.
As Lee’s final appearance, it is a disappointment - caught in trees, he is immobilised before being staked.
The first film in this watch-along where I actively had to force myself to keep watching.
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