History Film / DraculaAD1972

* AnnualTitle: ''Dracula A.D. 1972''

* AbsoluteCleavage

%%* KissOfTheVampire

The film opens with Dracula (Creator/ChristopherLee) and Van Helsing (Creator/PeterCushing) fighting in 1872, which ends with [[MutualKill both of them dead]]. One of Dracula's servants scoops up Count's ashes and buries them near a church during his rival's funeral. 100 years later, descendant of that servant convinces a bunch of youths to stage a satanic ritual. This resurrects Dracula, who then starts preying on the modern times.

* {{Alucard}}: Johnny's surname, which marks him a servant of Dracula.
* AnnualTitle

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'''''Dracula AD 1972''''' is a [[Film/HammerHorror horror film from Hammer]], and is third-to-last in their ''Dracula'' series.

* TheSeventies: Just as the title says.

** He's possibly even more {{Badass}} than his ancestor considering he doesn't even have any experience fighting vampires; he's only read about them in books, and is doing it all for the first time.

* CannotCrossRunningWater: Vampires in these films can be killed with running water. This leads to a rather undignified death for vampirized Johnny when he is killed by a shower.
* DisturbedDoves: Seen in the climax.

* {{Fainting}}: Jessica faints when Johnny and recently vampirized Bob capture her.
* HollywoodSatanism: Johnny tricks his friends to do a satanic ritual to resurrct Dracula.

* NoImmortalInertia: Done twice with Dracula in the opening and ending.

'''''Dracula AD 1972''''' is a [[Franchise/HammerHorror horror film from Hammer]], and is third-to-last in their ''Dracula'' series.

'''''Dracula AD 1972''''' is a [[HammerHorror horror film from Hammer]], and is third-to-last in their ''Dracula'' series.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Its sheer [[TheSeventies Seventiesness]] made it date a lot quicker than the films that preceded it.

* BadassGrandpa : Seventies-Era Van Helsing. Despite pushing sixty and sporting a nasty arm wound, he marches off to face Dracula in his home territory armed with little more than a cross. Alone. And he kicks ass.

[[caption-width-right:290:Witness the true horror of the film: ''The Seventies!'']]

* BritainIsOnlyLondon

* KillItWithWater: Vampires in these films can be killed with running water. This leads to a rather undignified death for vampirized Johnny when he is killed by a shower.
* KissOfTheVampire

* TheSeventies: Revels in it.

The film opens with Dracula (Creator/ChristopherLee) and Van Helsing (Creator/PeterCushing) fighting in 1872, which ends with both of them dead. One of Dracula's servants scoops up Count's ashes and buries them near a church during his rival's funeral. 100 years later, descendant of that servant convinces a bunch of youths to stage a satanic ritual. This resurrects Dracula, who then starts preying on the modern times.

* MutualKill

The film opens with Dracula (ChristopherLee) and Van Helsing (PeterCushing) fighting in 1872, which ends with both of them dead. One of Dracula's servants scoops up Count's ashes and buries them near a church during his rival's funeral. 100 years later, descendant of that servant convinces a bunch of youths to stage a satanic ritual. This resurrects Dracula, who then starts preying on the modern times.

The seventies setting is revisited in the sequel ''The Satanic Rites of Dracula'', which would be the last film to feature Christopher Lee as Count Dracula.

* KubrickStare: Dracula gives one to Dracula during their climactic confrontation.

The film opens with Dracula (ChristopherLee) and Van Helsing (PeterCushing) fighting in 1872, which ends with both of them dead. One of Dracula's servants scoops up Count's ashes and buries them near a church during his rival's funeral. 100 years later, descendant of that servant convinces a bunch youths to stage a satanic ritual. This resurrects Dracula, who then starts preying on the modern times.