| The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires |
| Directed by: | Roy Ward Baker; Cheh Chang |
| Written by: | Don Houghton |
| Produced by: | Run Run Shaw; Runme Shaw; Vee King Shaw; Don Houghton |
| Music by: | James Bernard |
| Cinematography: | Roy Ford John Wilcox |
| Edited by: | Chris Barnes |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | Hammer Film Productions Shaw Brothers |
| Released: | July 11th, 1974 (Hong Kong) October 6th, 1974 (UK) |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 83 min. |
| Country: | UK/Hong Kong |
| Language: | English |
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| Previous: | Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) |
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Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires is a joint British/Chinese horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions in collaboration with Shaw Brothers (HK) Limited of Hong Kong. The film is the ninth and final installment in Hammer's Dracula series and is one of the first films of its type to cross genres with the world of martial arts. The movie was directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by Don Houghton. It is the sequel to 1973's The Satanic Rites of Dracula. It was first released in Hong Kong on July 11th, 1974 and premiered in the UK on October 6th, 1974. In this film, actor Peter Cushing reprises his role as the vaunted vampire hunter Professor Van Helsing and teaches a lecture in the Far East. While there, he learns that his old nemesis Dracula has once again returned from the dead and is marshaling the forces of seven ancient Chinese vampires. Van Helsing joins forces with his own classroom students, all of whom are martial arts experts and learned occult scholars to combat the forces of Dracula and his 7 Golden Vampires.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
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| Peter Cushing | Professor Laurence Van Helsing |
| David Chiang | Hsi Ching/Hsi Tien-an |
| Julie Ege | Mrs. Vanessa Buren |
| Robin Stewart | Leyland Van Helsing |
| Shih Szu | Mei Kwei |
| John Forbes-Robertson | Dracula |
| Robert Hanna | British Consul |
| Chan Shen | Kah/Dracula |
| James Ma | Hsi Ta |
| Liu Hiu LIng | Hsi Hong |
| Liu Chia Yung | Hsi Kwei |
| Wong Han Chan | Leung Hon |
| Chen Tien Loong | Hsi San |
| Fong Kah Ann | Hsi Sung |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline to this film is "Black belt vs. black magic!"
- This is the last film in "Hammer Horror"'s Dracula series. It is the only film in the series that does not have the name Dracula in the title. The movie was shot on location in Hong Kong.
- As with previous Hammer films, the role of Dracula was originally offered to Christopher Lee. Lee disliked the script however and turned it down.
- This is Peter Cushing's fifth go at playing a character named Van Helsing. It is also his final role as the character.
- David de Keyser provided the voice for Count Dracula in many scenes.
- Roy Ward Baker also directed The Vampire Lovers, Scars of Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde.