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DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1968). This third outing in the Hammer series still has lots of goofy scenes in here, but has aged well. Christopher Lee, looking quite savage, is pretty good, although his resurrection scene is suspect and although it's a way cool part, the part where an attempt to destroy him backfires is silly when You think about it. Chris himself wasn't amused with it either.
Veronica Carlson gets lot of praise (deservedly) as the "Good" girl that Dracula wants to destroy to get even with his enemies; She is drop dead lovely here and although many reviews described her initial attack as losing her "purity", it's very strongly hinted that situation has already occurred with her steady boyfriend. Barbara Ewing as the "Bad" girl, is actually pretty damn good and She deftly shows the attraction that evil would hold for some people.
Worth checking out and the ending is quite bad ass, but heavy on the theology; in fact, there is more religious subtext in DHRFTG than in most of the Hammers. ***
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