History Film / DraculaHasRisenFromTheGrave

** The film was released just as the MPAA went into place; it was the very first film to be rated. The ratings [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness were different then]], it may be that the ratings board saw it as a horror film the general audiences could enjoy. Remember that ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''[[note]]with a number of onscreen murders and the WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs "Stargate" sequence leading into the legendary GainaxEnding, it was decidedly not kids' fare[[/note]] and ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''[[note]]Which included some genuinely terrifying scenes of a transporter accident and the Vejur probe attacking the ''Enterprise'' bridge, not to mention bucketsful of sexual innuendo surrounding Lt. Ilia, neither of which would be likely to even be considered for a G today[[/note]] were also rated G on their original releases [[note]]''Star Trek'' was later re-rated PG for the 2001 Director's Edition[[/note]]. It could be that since the [=MPAA/MPA=] only requests re-rating for new cuts of the film, and since no known re-edits of the film have been released, the G rating is grandfathered in.

** The film was released just as the MPAA went into place; it was the very first film to be rated. The ratings [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness were different then]], it may be that the ratings board saw it as a horror film the general audiences could enjoy. Remember that ''[[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey]]''[[note]]with a number of onscreen murders and the WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs "Stargate" sequence leading into the legendary GainaxEnding, it was decidedly not kids' fare[[/note]] and ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''[[note]]Which included some genuinely terrifying scenes of a transporter accident and the Vejur probe attacking the ''Enterprise'' bridge, not to mention bucketsful of sexual innuendo surrounding Lt. Ilia, neither of which would be likely to even be considered for a G today[[/note]] were also rated G on their original releases [[note]]''Star Trek'' was later re-rated PG for the 2001 Director's Edition[[/note]]. It could be that since the [=MPAA/MPA=] only requests re-rating for new cuts of the film, and since no known re-edits of the film have been released, the G rating is grandfathered in.

** The film was released just as the MPAA went into place; it was the very first film to be rated. It is possible it was rated G by default, as every film released before this had no restrictions an who could and couldn't see it. Though, this still doesn't explain why the rating hasn't been changed with the Blu-Ray release.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: A very rare and confusing example; despite it being an obvious horror movie with two stabbing scenes, several deaths, and quite a lot of blood, Dracula Has Risen From The Grave was actually rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America, the same rating you'd see attached to any Disney film of the time. This error has not been corrected since with even the film's Blu-Ray release retaining the G rating.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Zena.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: A very rare and confusing example; despite it being an obvious horror movie with two stabbing scenes, several deaths, and quite a lot of blood, Dracula Has Risen From The Grave was actually rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America, the same rating you'd see attached to any Disney film of the time. This error has not been corrected since with even the film's BluRay release retaining the G rating.

Unfortunately, this isn't the end. The newly-revived Dracula is angered at the cross barring entry into his castle and vows revenge. He travels to Kleinenberg, where--aided by the Priest and a tavern girl named Zena (Ewing), both of whom are under his power--he targets the Monsignor's niece, Maria (Carlson). It ultimately falls to Maria's LoveInterest, a studious young atheist named Paul (Andrews), to save her and stop Dracula.

''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'' is the fourth ''Dracula'' film from Film/HammerHorror, released in 1968 and set immediately after ''Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness''. Directed by Freddie Francis, the film stars Creator/ChristopherLee in his third appearance as Dracula, along with Robert Davies, Veronica Carlson, Barry Andrews, Ewan Hopper, and Barbara Ewing.

Unfortunately, this isn't the end. The newly-revived Dracula is angered at the cross barring entry into his castle and vows revenge. Putting the Priest under his control, the Count travels to Kleinenberg, choosing to target the Monsignor's niece, Maria (Carlson). It ultimately falls to Maria's LoveInterest, a studious young atheist named Paul (Andrews), to save her and stop Dracula.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Okay, maybe not period-accurate, but [[SplashOfColor colorful]].]]

''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'' is the fourth ''Dracula'' film from Film/HammerHorror, released in 1968 and set immediately after ''Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness''. Directed by Freddie Francis, the film stars Creator/ChristopherLee in his third appearance as Dracula, along with Robert Davies, Veronica Carlson, Barry Andrews, Ewan Hopper and Barbara Ewing.

The film opens with an altar boy about to ring a church bell when suddenly something wet drips on his cheek. Inspecting it, he discovers it is blood. He climbs up the bell tower, and to his horror discovers the corpse of a young woman crammed inside the church's bell with two bloody punctured holes in her neck. A year later in 1896, after Dracula has supposedly been destroyed, Monsignor Ernest Muller (Rupert Davies) comes to the village on a routine visit only to find that the altar boy is [[DumbStruck now a frightened mute]] and the Priest (Ewan Hooper) has apparently [[CrisisOfFaith lost his faith]]. The villagers won't attend Mass at the church, because the shadow of Dracula's castle touches it. To fix this, the Monsignor decides to go with the Priest to the castle and exorcise it.

Unfortunately, this isn't the end. The newly-revived Dracula is angered at the cross barring entry into his castle and vows revenge. Putting the Priest under his control, the Count travels to Kleinenberg, choosing to target the Monsignor's niece, Maria (Veronica Carlson). It ultimately falls to Maria's LoveInterest, a studious young atheist named Paul (Barry Andrews), to save her and stop Dracula.

The film opens with an altar boy about to ring a church bell when suddenly something wet drips on his cheek. Inspecting it, he discovers it is blood. He climbs up the bell tower, and to his horror discovers the corpse of a young woman crammed inside the church's bell with two bloody punctured holes in her neck. A year later in 1896, after Dracula has supposedly been destroyed, Monsignor Ernest Muller (Rupert Davies) comes to the village on a routine visit only to find that the altar boy is [[DumbStruck now a frightened mute]] and the priest (Ewan Hooper) has apparently [[CrisisOfFaith lost his faith]]. The villagers won't attend Mass at the church, because the shadow of Dracula's castle touches it. To fix this, the Monsignor decides to go with the priest to the castle and exorcise it.

The terrified priest follows only partway up the mountain, leaving the Monsignor to continue alone. As Muller [[HollywoodExorcism exorcises the castle]], affixing a large metal cross to its door, a thunderstorm begins. The priest flees, stumbles, and is knocked unconscious when his head strikes a rock. The blood from the wound on his head trickles down to a frozen stream, then through a crack in the ice onto the lips of the body of Count Dracula-- awakening him. The unknowing Monsignor returns to the village, reassures the villagers, and returns to his home city of Kleinenberg.

Unfortunately, this isn't the end. The newly-revived Dracula is angered at the cross barring entry into his castle and vows revenge. Putting the priest under his control, the Count travels to Kleinenberg, choosing to target the Monsignor's niece, Maria (Veronica Carlson). It ultimately falls to Maria's LoveInterest, a studious young atheist named Paul (Barry Andrews), to save her and stop Dracula.

* {{Brainwashed}}: The Priest, put under the mental control of Dracula. JustifiedTrope as the Priest's will is weakened by his CrisisOfFaith.

The film opens with an altar boy about to ring a church bell when suddenly something wet drips on his cheek. Inspecting it, he discovers it is blood. He climbs up the bell tower, and to his horror discovers the corpse of a young woman crammed inside the church's bell with two bloody punctured holes in her neck. A year later in 1896, after Dracula has supposedly been destroyed, Monsignor Ernest Muller (Rupert Davies) comes to the village on a routine visit only to find that the altar boy is [[DumbStruck now a frightened mute]] and the Priest (Ewan Hooper) has apparently [[CrisisOfFaith lost his faith]]. The villagers won't attend Mass at the church, because the shadow of Dracula's castle touches it. To fix this, the Monsignor decides to go with the Priest to the castle and exorcise it.

The terrified Priest follows only partway up the mountain, leaving the Monsignor to continue alone. As the Monsignor [[HollywoodExorcism exorcises the castle]], attaching a large metal cross to its door, a thunderstorm begins. The Priest flees, stumbles, and is knocked unconscious when his head strikes a rock. The blood from the wound on his head trickles into a frozen stream, then through a crack in the ice onto the lips of the body of Count Dracula-- awakening him. Meanwhile, the unknowing Monsignor returns to the village, reassures the villagers, and returns to his home city of Kleinenberg.

Unfortunately, this isn't the end. The newly-revived Dracula is angered at the cross barring entry into his castle and vows revenge. Putting the Priest under his control, Dracula embarks to Kleinenberg for revenge, choosing to target the Monsignor's niece, Maria (Veronica Carlson). It ultimately falls to Maria's LoveInterest, a studious young atheist named Paul (Barry Andrews), to save Maria and stop Dracula.

The film opens with an altar boy about to ring a church bell when suddenly something wet drips on his cheek. Inspecting it, he discovers it is blood. He climbs into the bell tower and to his horror discovers the corpse of a young woman crammed inside the church's bell with two bloody punctured holes in her neck. A year later in 1896, after Dracula has been (supposedly) destroyed, Monsignor Ernest Muller (Rupert Davies) comes to the village on a routine visit only to find that the altar boy is [[DumbStruck now a frightened mute]] and the Priest (Ewan Hooper) has apparently [[CrisisOfFaith lost his faith]]. The villagers won't go to Mass at the Catholic church because the shadow of Dracula's castle touches it. To fix this, the Monsignor climbs to the castle to exorcise it.

The terrified Priest follows only partway up the mountain and the Monsignor continues alone. As the Monsignor [[HollywoodExorcism exorcises the castle]], attaching a large metal cross to its gate, a thunderstorm occurs. The Priest flees, stumbles, and is knocked unconscious when his head strikes a rock. The blood from the wound on his head trickles into a frozen stream, then through a crack in the ice onto the lips of the body of Count Dracula – bringing him to life. The Monsignor returns to the village, reassures the villagers, and returns to his home city of Kleinenberg.

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''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'' is the fourth ''Dracula'' film from Film/HammerHorror, released in 1968 and set immediately after ''Film/DraculaPrinceOfDarkness''. The film stars Creator/ChristopherLee in his third appearance as Dracula, along with Robert Davies, Veronica Carlson, Barry Andrews, Ewan Hopper and Barbara Ewing.

The film opens with an altar boy about to ring a church bell when suddenly something wet drips on his cheek. Inspecting it, he discovers it is blood. He climbs into the bell tower and to his horror discovers the corpse of a young woman crammed inside the church's bell with two bloody punctured holes in her neck. A year later in 1896, after Dracula has been (supposedly) destroyed Monsignor Ernest Muller (Rupert Davies) comes to the village on a routine visit only to find the altar boy is [[DumbStruck now a frightened mute]] and the Priest (Ewan Hooper) has apparently [[CrisisOfFaith lost his faith]]. The villagers won't go to Mass at the Catholic church because the shadow of Dracula's castle touches it. To fix this, the Monsignor climbs to the castle to exorcise it.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: It's not enough to drive a stake through a vampire's heart; you have to pray after you do it. This allows Dracula to escape when Paul the StrawAtheist stakes him but can't bring himself to utter the required prayer. Holy symbols are also shown to repel vampires; Dracula is unable to enter his castle due to the cross chained to the doors by the Monsignor, [[spoiler:and is unable to pull the cross out of himself after [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice his fatal fall onto it]] at the end of the film (he tries, but [[HolyBurnsEvil but reels in pain]] when he touches the cross]].

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: It's not enough to drive a stake through a vampire's heart; you have to pray after you do it. This allows Dracula to escape when Paul the StrawAtheist stakes him but can't bring himself to pray.

* SameContentDifferentRating: This explicitly gory film was given a G rating in the U.S., which it still has. Since this was the very first movie to receive an MPAA rating, it was before the G rating was [[AvoidTheDreadedGRating truly codified as "kids stuff"]].

* YouExclamation: The Monsignor says this when his pursuit of Dracula is interrupted by Dracula's mook--the priest. The priest then whacks him over the head with a stone tablet.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Zena is turned into one of Dracula's mooks after he bites her. She's given orders to kidnap Maria, but fails to do so. Dracula promptly slays her for her failure and has the Priest burn her body.

Unfortunately, this isn't the end. The newly-revived Dracula is angered at the cross barring entry into his castle and vows revenge. Putting the Priest under his control, Dracula embarks to Kleinenberg for revenge, choosing to target the Monsignor's niece, Maria (Veronica Carlson). It ultimately falls to Maria's love interest, a studious young man and atheist named Paul (Barry Andrews) to save Maria and stop Dracula.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Zena
* BettyAndVeronica: Maria and Zena
* {{Brainwashed}}: The Priest, put under the mental control of Dracula. Justified as the Priest's will is weakened by his CrisisOfFaith.

* CrisisOfFaith: The Priest

* DumbStruck: The mute altar boy

* FieryRedHead: Zena. She even challenges Dracula a few times.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Sort of in this case. Dracula forces Maria to get rid of the cross that is on his castle which she does by throwing it off. Barely two minutes after this occurs, Dracula gets in a struggle with Paul and ends up falling down the hill and gets impaled on that same cross.

* HollywoodAtheist: Paul in label, but averted in behavior. He's a pretty decent guy who just happens to not believe. He does however start his path to believing something is out there in the end upon seeing the effect crosses have on vampires. Then again, he does allow Dracula to escape a staking because he refuses to pray.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard [[spoiler: Sort of in this case. Dracula forces Maria to get rid of the cross that is on his castle which she does by throwing it off. Barley two minutes after this occurs, Dracula gets in a struggle with Paul and ends up falling down the hill and gets impaled on that same cross.]]
* Hypocrite: The Monsignor tells Paul how much he admires him for his honesty and talks about how people don't say what they really feel..that is till Paul tells him he is a atheist and this cause the The Monsignor to snap on him. Paul immediately calls him out on this too.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Dracula
* MookFaceTurn: The Priest regains his faith at the end when Dracula gets impaled on [[ChekhovsGun the cross]] and recites the Lord's Prayer to finish off Dracula.
* MsFanservice: Maria and Zena

* PeekABooCorpse: The girl's body that falls out of the church bell.

* SameContentDifferentRating: The explicitly gory ''Dracula Has Risen From the Grave'' was given a G rating in the U.S.; this was around the same time the MPAA rating system was established and before the G rating was truly codified as "kids stuff".

* HoistByHisOwnPetard [[spoiler: Sort of in this case. Dracula forces Maria to get rid of the cross that is on his castle which she does by throwing it off. Barley two minutes after this occurs Dracula gets in av struggle with Paul and ends up falling down the hill and gets impaled on that same cross.]]

* StarvingStudent: Paul, working as a bartender to fund his education.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Zena (who steals every scene she's in) becomes a vampire the second time Dracula bites her. This could have led to a great subplot, but Dracula immediately orders the priest to destroy her body.