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Bookmark this pageThe Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Hammer and Shaw Brothers combine to provide a fusion of kung-fu and vampirism in which Cushing's Van Helsen tracks Dracula to China, perceiving his hand behind the terrorising of a village by the malevolent undead. With early scenes that suggest a true marriage of forms as a Chinese pilgrim makes his way through Transylvanian forests to worship at Dracula's tomb, and later ones where the undead astonishingly hobble and dance their way across the screen, it is a shame that the film should muff some of the simplest set-ups, and rely for effect on some rather mechanically intercut vampire attacks.Author: VG
Cast & crew
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Producer: Don Houghton, Vee King Shaw
Cast: Peter Cushing, David Chiang, Julie Ege, Robin Stewart, Shih Szu, John Forbes-Robertson, Robert Hanna, Liu Chia Yung full cast
Duration: 89 mins
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