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title: 'The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alan Gibson'
released: '1973-11-03'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-satanic-rites-of-dracula-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070634/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

1973 · 87 min · Horror · Australia, United Kingdom

Part of: Dracula

## Synopsis

The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1973 British horror film directed by Alan Gibson and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It is the eighth film in Hammer's Dracula series, a direct sequel to Dracula A.D. 1972, and the seventh and final one to feature Christopher Lee as Dracula. The film was also the third to unite Peter Cushing as Van Helsing with Lee, following Dracula (1958) and Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972). It was later released in the United States in 1978, retitled Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alan Gibson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-gibson)
- **Screenplay:** [Don Houghton](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-houghton)
- **Producer:** [Don Houghton](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-houghton), [Roy Skeggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-skeggs)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Cacavas](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cacavas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Brian Probyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-probyn)
- **Editor:** [Chris Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-barnes)

## Cast

- [Barbara Yu Ling](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-yu-ling)
- [Lockwood West](https://cinepixo.com/people/lockwood-west)
- [Peter Cushing](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-cushing) as Abraham Van Helsing
- [John Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-harvey)
- [Freddie Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-jones)
- [Richard Vernon](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-vernon)
- [Christopher Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lee) as Count Dracula
- [Joanna Lumley](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanna-lumley)
- [Patrick Barr](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-barr)
- [Valerie Van Ost](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-van-ost)
- [John Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-harvey-2)
- [Richard Mathews](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-mathews)
- [William Franklyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-franklyn)

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