History Film / DraculaPrinceOfDarkness

* CrustyCaretaker: Klove.

''Dracula: Prince of Darkness'' is a 1966 Film/HammerHorror film. The second film to star Creator/ChristopherLee as the eponymous vampire, it acts as a more-or-less direct sequel to ''Film/HorrorOfDracula'', ignoring the events of the previous ''Film/TheBridesOfDracula''.

The film takes place ten years after the end of ''Horror''. Even though Dracula has been destroyed, the land is still in fear of his presence, especially since his castle still looms on the horizon. Meanwhile, four English tourists -- Charles Kent (Francis Matthews), his wife Diana (Suzan Farmer), his brother Alan (Charles Tingwell), and Alan's wife Helen (Barbara Shelley) -- are navigating the country. Despite being warned by local priest Father Shandor (Andrew Keir) to steer clear of the castle, the Kents naturally don't listen and wind up near the castle after their driver abandons them.

''Dracula: Prince of Darkness'' is a 1966 Film/HammerHorror film. The second film to star Creator/ChristopherLee as the eponymous vampire, it acts as sort of a sequel to ''Film/HorrorOfDracula'' and to a lesser extent ''Film/TheBridesOfDracula''.

''Dracula: Prince of Darkness'' is a 1966 Film/HammerHorror film. It acts as sort of a sequel to ''Film/HorrorOfDracula'' and to a lesser extent ''Film/TheBridesOfDracula'', and is the second film to star Creator/ChristopherLee as the eponymous vampire.

There, they're met by the caretaker, Klove (Philip Latham), who takes them in for the night, stating that his late master had stipulated that the castle should always be ready to receive visitors. During the night, however, Alan is captured and killed by Klove while investigating a noise. Klove then trusses up his body, hangs it over Dracula's crypt, and slits the throat so the blood drips onto the Count's ashes. Dracula revives and proceeds to resume his reign of terror, first by turning Helen into a vampire then going after Diana. It soon falls on Charles and Father Shandor to stop him.

The film takes place ten years after the end of ''Horror''. Even though Dracula has been destroyed, the land is still in fear of his presence, especially since his castle still looms on the horizon. Four English tourists, the Kents (Charles and his wife Diana, Charles's brother Alan and ''his'' wife Helen) are navigating the country. Despite being warned by Father Shandor, the local priest, to steer clear of the castle, the Kents naturally don't listen and wind up near the castle after their driver abandons them.

There, they're met by the caretaker, Klove, who takes them in for the night, stating that his late master had stipulated that the castle always be ready to receive visitors. During the night, however, Alan is captured and killed by Klove while investigating a noise. Klove then trusses up his body, hangs it over Dracula's crypt, and slits the throat so the blood drips onto the Count's ashes. Dracula revives and proceeds to resume his reign of terror, first by turning Helen into a vampire then going after Diana. It soon falls on Charles and Father Shandor to stop him.

The film takes place ten years after the end of ''Horror''. Even though Dracula has been destroyed, the land is still in fear of his presence, especially since his castle still looms on the horizon. Four English tourists, the Kents (Charles and his wife Diana, Charles's brother Alan and ''his'' wife Helen) are navigating the country. Despite being warned by a local priest, Father Shandor, to steer clear of the castle, the Kents naturally don't listen and wind up near the castle after their driver abandons them.

There, they're met by the caretaker, Klove, who takes them in for the night. However Alan, while investigating a noise, is captured and killed by Klove. His body is hanged over Dracula's crypt where his blood drips on the remains. Dracula revives and proceeds to resume his reign of terror, first by turning Helen into a vampire then going after Diana. It soon falls on Charles and Father Shandor to stop him.

** Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster disputed that account in his memoir ''Inside Hammer'', writing that "Vampires don't chat. So I didn't write him any dialogue. Christopher Lee has claimed that he refused to speak the lines he was given...So you can take your pick as to why Christopher Lee didn't have any dialogue in the picture. Or you can take my word for it. I didn't write any.

* HappilyMarried: Charles and Diana. Alan and Helen slightly less so. The latter two written like that so it wouldn't be surprising they become two of the film's casulties (Charles having his throat slit and blood drained to revive Dracula. And Helen being bitten by Drac himself, becoming a vampire herself).

* TheRenfield: Klove and Ludwig, the latter who could even be an {{Expy}} of him (to the extent that he eats flies and refers to Dracula as "Master").

* ResurrectTheVillain: Ten years after his demise in the previous movie, Dracula is resurrected using BloodMagic by his loyal [[TheRenfield Renfield]] and begins seeking new brides. At the end of the film, [[spoiler:he's defeated by being cast into running water -- until blood re-awakens him in [[Film/DraculaHasRisenFromTheGrave the sequel]]].

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Dracula doesn't show up until nearly halfway through the movie, except in a brief flashback to the first film.

The film takes place ten years after the end of ''Horror''. Even though Dracula has been destroyed, the land is still in fear of his presence, especially since his castle still looms on the horizon. Four English tourists, the Kents (Charles, his wife Diana, Charles's brother Alan, and Alan's wife Helen) are navigating the country. Despite being warned by a local priest, Father Shandor, to steer clear of the castle, the Kents naturally don't listen and wind up near the castle after their driver abandons them.

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** Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster disputed that account in his memoir Inside Hammer, writing that "Vampires don't chat. So I didn't write him any dialogue. Christopher Lee has claimed that he refused to speak the lines he was given...So you can take your pick as to why Christopher Lee didn't have any dialogue in the picture. Or you can take my word for it. I didn't write any.

* StockFootage: The climax from ''Horror of Dracula'' (with Van Helsing forcing Dracula into the sunlight, where he withers away to ashes) is shown as a prologue narrated by Father Shandor.

* WarriorMonk: Well somewhat, Father Shandor and his group aren't major fighters but they know enough on how to deal with vampirism. Heck, they [[spoiler: managed to easily catch and hold down Helen before staking her]].

The film takes place ten years after the end of ''Horror''. Even though Dracula has been destroyed, the land is still in fear of his presence, especially since his castle still looms on the horizon. Four English tourists, the Kents (Charles, his wife Diana, Charles's brother Alan, and Alan's wife Helen) are navigating the country. Despite being warned by a local priest, Father Sandor, to steer clear of the castle, the Kents naturally don't listen and wind up near the castle after their driver abandons them.

There, they're met by the caretaker, Klove, who takes them in for the night. However Alan, while investigating a noise, is captured and killed by Klove. His body is hanged over Dracula's crypt where his blood drips on the remains. Dracula revives and proceeds to resume his reign of terror, first by turning Helen into a vampire then going after Diana. It soon falls on Charles and Father Sandor to stop him.

** HiddenDepths: When Charles is being menaced by Dracula, Diana grabs Sandor's rifle and shoots at the Count. [[spoiler: While of course bullets are useless against Dracula and she misses anyway, it does show Sandor how they can kill Dracula. Besides, Diana doesn't know the rifle alone won't kill Dracula and her act shows she isn't prepared to stand aside and do nothing while her husband is in danger]].

* HeroAntagonist: Father Sandor.

* {{Irony}}: Helen is the most cautious of the group, heeding Father Sandor's warning about not going near the castle and expressing her unease when they wind up having to spend the night inside it anyway. So naturally she winds up being the only one in the group turned into a vampire.

* MustBeInvited: Father Sandor tells Charles that he and Diana should be safe in the abbey due to this, not realizing that Dracula already has one of its residents (Ludwig) under his power.

* StockFootage: The climax from ''Horror of Dracula'' (with Van Helsing forcing Dracula into the sunlight, where he withers away to ashes) is shown as a prologue narrated by Father Sandor.

* WarriorMonk: Well somewhat, Father Sandor and his group aren't major fighters but they know enough on how to deal with vampirism. Heck, they [[spoiler: managed to easily catch and hold down Helen before staking her]].

* NotHerself: Diana instantly know something wrong with Helen when she act oddly calm and avoids her questions on where Alan and Charles are before flashing her fangs.
--> '''DIANA''': Where's Charles?!
--> '''HELEN''': ''(Stepping into the light showing the bite wounds on her neck and her newly gained fang)'' You don't ''need'' Charles.

* HappilyMarried: Charles and Diana. Alan and Helen slightly less so.

* TheRenfield: Klove and Ludwig, the latter who could even be an {{Expy}} of him.

* {{Dracula}}: He's in this movie. This sounds like a case of CaptainObvious, but he wasn't in the previous film, ''Film/TheBridesOfDracula''.

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: The vampirized Helen. She completely fails to actually kill anyone, and is eventually caught ''off-screen'' by a bunch of monks who easily hold her down and calmly stake her. She may killed Diana if Dracula hadn't kept interrupting her; she's a newborn vampire and likely not very strong without any blood to power her.

The film takes place ten years after the end of ''Horror of..'' where, even though Dracula has been destroyed, the land is still in fear of his presence, especially since his castle still looms on the horizon. Four English tourists, the Kents (Charles, his wife Diana, Charles's brother Alan, and Alan's wife Helen) are navigating the country. Despite being warned by a local priest, Father Sandor, to steer clear of the castle, the Kents naturally don't listen and wind up near the castle after their driver abandons them.

* MinionWithAnFInEvil: The vampirized Helen. She completely fails to actually kill anyone, and is eventually caught ''off-screen'' by a bunch of monks who easily hold her down and calmly stake her.
** Well, not for lack of trying; she actually would've killed Diana if Dracula hadn't kept interrupting her. Plus she's a newborn vampire and probably not very strong without any blood to power her.