# 1958 Dracula with footage censors considered too gruesome will be released later his year **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 26, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-dracula-with-footage-censors-considered-too-gruesome-will-be-released-later-his-year/1030419 "2026-05-26T23:04:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-dracula-with-footage-censors-considered-too-gruesome-will-be-released-later-his-year/1030419/21 "2026-05-28T08:11:51Z")
Most exteriors for the Hammer horror movies were shot at Black Park, near Iver Heath, as it was close to the company’s production base at Bray (and also near Pinewood Studios) so if you see Dracula’s coach bowling along a gloomy forest road it’s almost certainly at Black Park. Film and TV companies continue to use it, and I’ve been an extra there too. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-dracula-with-footage-censors-considered-too-gruesome-will-be-released-later-his-year/1030419/22 "2026-05-28T08:42:24Z")
Irrelevant side note, but for those like me who’ve watched many Dracula movies, and especially this classic 1958 version, you’ll appreciate the hilarious satire _Dracula: Dead and Loving It_ (1995) (with Leslie Nielsen as the infamous Count) if you haven’t seen it already! Besides the comedic genius of Nielsen as Dracula, Peter MacNicol is great as his slavishly devoted but incompetent assistant Renfield, that role parodied from the 1931 film with Bela Lugosi. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-dracula-with-footage-censors-considered-too-gruesome-will-be-released-later-his-year/1030419/23 "2026-05-28T11:41:16Z")
Also recommended: **Love at First Bite** (1979) with George Hamilton (who notoriously sun-bathed) as the Count, Arte Johnson as hilarious Renfield, Richard Benjamin as Von Helsing (Shoots Dracula with a silver bullet. Dracula: No, no. Silver bullets are for _werewolves!_; Von Helsing: Are you sure?) and Susan Saint James as the love interest. Treats the classic lines briliantly: Dracula: Children of the night! — Shut up! Dracula: i do not drink…wine. And I do not smoke…shit. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-dracula-with-footage-censors-considered-too-gruesome-will-be-released-later-his-year/1030419/24 "2026-05-28T17:00:34Z")
_Love at First Bite_ is hilarious and incredibly quotable, although some of the “ethnic humor” is a little uncomfortable today. It’s also surprisingly deep in Dracula lore, with Renfield at one point calling him “Dracula, son of [Dracul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_II_Dracul),” and knowing that his given name was Vlad (even though they make it Vladimir). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-dracula-with-footage-censors-considered-too-gruesome-will-be-released-later-his-year/1030419/25 "2026-05-28T20:17:20Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > nonetheless would make sure to spend some time pandering to the prurient. You say this like it’s a bad thing! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-dracula-with-footage-censors-considered-too-gruesome-will-be-released-later-his-year/1030419/26 "2026-05-28T22:03:19Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > You say this like it’s a bad thing! 😁 I mean, I own [Twins of Evil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins_of_Evil) on DVD somewhere. The best eroticism-tinged vampire film starring twin sisters Hammer ever made! It’s just I have to acknowledge that as lizard-brain entertaining as I somehow find that film (some of it is pure nostalgia from my youth watching it on Creature Features), that on a certain level it’s kinda trashy 🙂. Of course my favorite Hammer film isn’t Hammer at all, I just once thought it was because it is yet another very Hammery film with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing (AND Telly Savalas!) - [Horror Express](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_Express). I have DVD of that somewhere as well. But I should have realized it wasn’t Hammer because it was a 1972 horror film with no nudity. Not very Hammery, that 😉 . ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-dracula-with-footage-censors-considered-too-gruesome-will-be-released-later-his-year/1030419/27 "2026-05-28T22:26:08Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I mean, I own [Twins of Evil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins_of_Evil) on DVD somewhere. The best eroticism-tinged vampire film starring twin sisters Hammer ever made! It’s just I have to acknowledge that as lizard-brain entertaining as I somehow find that film (some of it is pure nostalgia from my youth watching it on Creature Features), that on a certain level it’s kinda trashy 🙂. Oh, I can’t forget Ingrid Pitt from such gems as _The Vampire Lovers_ and _Countess Dracula_. Those of you who didn’t watch a lot of horror movies, Pitt also appeared in _Where Eagles Dare_ playing Heidi. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-dracula-with-footage-censors-considered-too-gruesome-will-be-released-later-his-year/1030419/28 "2026-05-29T08:53:26Z")
She got the job by pretending she was really German, though she was actually Polish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-dracula-with-footage-censors-considered-too-gruesome-will-be-released-later-his-year/1030419.md?page=1)