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| St. Bartolph's Church | |
| Aliases: | Saint Bartolph's Church |
| Nicknames: | St. Bartolph's |
| Category: | Church |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | England |
| City: | London |
| Residents: | Dracula Lawrence Van Helsing |
| Continuity: | Hammer Horror |
| 1st appearance: | Dracula A.D. 1972 |
St. Bartolph's Church is a fictional location featured in the Hammer Horror line of Dracula films from the 1970s. It played a key role in the 1972 feature film Dracula A.D. 1972.
Description[]
St. Bartolph's Church was a deconsecrated church located in London, England. It has been around since at least the late 19th century and has a cemetery located on the church grounds. Lawrence van Helsing was buried in the cemetery of the church in September, 1872. The remains of Van Helsing's nemesis, the vampire known as Dracula were also buried in an unmarked grave in the cemetery.
One-hundred years later, in September, 1972, an occultist named Johnny Alucard convinced a group of hippies to participate in a midnight black mass inside the church. The hippies didn't really believe in black magic, but thought it would be a fun and weird way to spend the evening.
Alucard sat them all down in a circle around a pentagram that had been inscribed upon the floor, the center of which included a device that eschewed some sort of incense. Beyond the pentagram laid an altar where Alucard began playing strange music and invoking the names of several demonic entities, including Dracula as well.
Johnny Alucard attempted to entice Jessica van Helsing - great-granddaughter of Lawrence van Helsing into participating in the ritual. Another woman, Laura Bellows, clearly seduced by the spirit of the moment, eagerly took her place instead. Johnny laid Laura upon an altar then sliced open his arm, spilling his blood into a chalice, which he then mixed with the ashes of Dracula. He poured the mixture across Laura's chest, and she began screaming. The other kids panicked at her reaction and fled from the church, but Laura was unable to leave the boundaries of the pentagram on the floor. Dracula was resurrected as a result of the ritual. [1]
Characters associated with St. Bartolph's Church[]
Black Mass participants[]
- Anna Bryant
- Bob
- Gaynor Keating
- Greg
- Jessica van Helsing
- Joe Mitcham
- Johnny Alucard
- Laura Bellows
Laid to Rest[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972); Directed by Alan Gibson. Written by Don Houghton.