The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

Satanic Rites is a direct sequel to Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) set two years later. Cushing returns as scholar and hunter Lorrimer Van Helsing, with his granddaughter Jessica having morphed from Stephanie Beacham into a red-haired Joanna Lumley. Lee is back, too, playing the Studio's version of the Count for the final time; he hung up the cloak afterwards.
I’m glad the hipsters were excised from the plot this time, but adding elements of a second-rate spy novel into the mix instead was even less desirable.
There are some life lessons to be learned from it, though, such as: always put more than one bullet in your gun; for a quiet life keep your bitches chained in a basement; and previously ignored apotropaics can be used in a pinch.

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