Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) on Netflix
In 1972 London, Johnny Alucard persuades Jessica Van Helsing and her friends to attend a Black Mass in an abandoned church. There he performs a bloody ritual, and Count Dracula returns.
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Plot summary
In 1872, Count Dracula and his old enemy Lawrence Van Helsing fight on a runaway coach through Hyde Park, London. A wheel is driven into Dracula's chest, Van Helsing collapses from his own wounds, and a follower of Dracula buries the remains near Van Helsing's grave at St Bartolph's Church. A century later, Jessica Van Helsing, whose grandfather Lorrimer Van Helsing is an occult expert, is part of a group of young hippies that includes Johnny Alucard. Alucard urges Jessica and her friends to come to a Black Mass at the church, now abandoned and deconsecrated, where he performs a bloody ritual over Laura Bellows. Dracula returns, set on destroying the Van Helsing line.
Cast
- Janet Keyas Anna
- William Ellisas Joe Mitcham
- Lally Bowersas Matron
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Following the success of the modern-day vampire film Count Yorga, Vampire (1970), Warner Bros. commissioned two Hammer Dracula films set in the present day, which became Dracula A.D. 1972 and The Satanic Rites of Dracula; the film was inspired by the events surrounding the Highgate Vampire case.
- Following Christopher Lee's death in 2015, Tim Burton named it among his favorite films and considered giving Beetlejuice Beetlejuice the title Beetlejuice 2024 A.D. in tribute.
- Christopher Neame's dialogue from the film was later sampled by Orbital for the 1996 song "Satan Live" and the 2001 song "Tension" from their album The Altogether.
