6. Scars Of Dracula (1970)
Dracula has been killed, however, a sneaky bat comes in, drops some blood on Dracula's remains and ta da! He is resurrected. Fast forward a few years, Dracula is back in his castle and the villagers are incensed at the young women that keep going missing as a result of Dracula's nefarious deeds. They try to burn him but this only succeeds in the death of every woman and child in the village. Falsely accused of raping a young woman, Paul goes on the run and ends up in Dracula's castle where he is introduced to the beautiful Tania who is Dracula's slave and mistress. Paul is a bona fide libertine and has sex with Tania. Dracula catches them at it and kills Tania for cheating on him. The servant Klove dismembers her body and puts it in an acid bath. Paul tries to escape but is locked up in a dark room by Klove. Paul's brother Simon and his beautiful fiancee Sarah are on the hunt for him. They are directed to Dracula's castle. Dracula fancies Sarah, but so does Klove. Klove helps the couple escape and is sadistically burned by Dracula for his sins. Simon enlists the services of the village priest and goes to get his brother. The priest is attacked by a large bat and Klove locks Simon up with Paul. Will the two brothers ever get out of this pickle? Can Sarah be saved from the clutches of Dracula? And will the dastardly Dracula get his comeuppance? Dracula is a lot more sadistic and violent in this Hammer film than we are used to seeing him in other Hammer films. Everything in the film is amplified - the fog, the huge castle, the air of dread and menace. And then after that, there seems to be a permanently full moon replete with wolves howling at it. Christopher Lee plays a crazier and more vicious version of Dracula than he has played before in other Hammer Dracula flicks. This still doesn't involve a lot of gore and violence by today's standards when we are used to the likes of Saw and Hostel, however, Scars of Dracula creates the right atmosphere for vampire film fans and is a very tasty treat if you are that way inclined..