Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969)

[CT]

1969 Hammer Horror Film

Three well to do English gentlemen present themselves to be pillars of traditional values. One goes so far as to forbid his adult daughter of so much as speaking to the man she loves. But in reality these three hypocritical men have formed a circle dedicated to celebrating and enjoying the most exciting of sins including casual sex and black magic.

When they observe a young man at the local brothel who seems to be able to control a prostitute with the snap of his fingers, they are intrigued. This man must have a knowledge of black magic they have not yet attained, and they so seek him out.

He offerers them the thrill of a lifetime if they will only purchase a mysterious set of items from a local shop including a medallion which reads "Dracula" along with a jar of blood. They all soon drink from the jar, unleashing hell upon them!

[GL]

The only one in the series I've never seen, can't say anything about it.

[abraxas]

I think that The Satanic Rites of Dracula are a part of the series, I have that one, but never saw this.

[GL]

Yeah, that's one of them Abraxas. The series goes:

Horror of Dracula
The Brides of Dracula
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Scars of Dracula
Dracula A.D 72
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Although there's some interesting facts:
Brides and Legend don't contain Lee, although in Legend there is the character Dracula. Brides is absent of the character altogether despite the title.
From Prince of Darkness through to Scars, Cushing was not in them although Lee was. He's involved with the other films.

[CT]

It's a lot different from the other ones and Dracula is only in it for a bit but in like it pretty well. The story and characters are pretty entertaining, my only problem with it is I liked the first half much better than the second.

4/5

[abraxas]

I like Satanic rites as it was one of the very few horror films associated with Satanism that represents something close to what Satanism is, as far as the look of the rituals I mean. Most films before the mid 70s tended to just throw some pentagram in a scenes and call it a film about Satanism. Rosemary's baby is a good example "Devil worshiping Witches?