The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1973 British Hammer Film Distributors and Columbia-Warner Productions drama and horror film directed by the late Alan Gibson, produced by the late Roy Skeggs, and starring the late Peter Cushing, the late Christopher Lee, Joanna Lumley, the late William Franklin, the late Michael Coles, and the late Richard Vernon. It is the eighth film in the Hammer franchise Dracula, the sequel to Dracula A.D. 1972, and followed by The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires.
In London in the 1970s, Scotland Yard police investigators think they have uncovered a case of vampirism. They call in an expert vampire researcher named Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), a descendant of the great vampire-hunter himself, to help them put a stop to these hideous crimes. It becomes apparent that the culprit is Count Dracula himself (Christopher Lee), disguised as a reclusive property developer, but secretly plotting to unleash a fatal virus upon the world.
Victims[]
- Unnamed Male Guard - Strangled to death by Agent Hanson with a rope.
- Unnamed Male Guard - Crashed his motorcycle into an iron gate after being shot in the chest by Agent Peter Torrence with a silencer pistol.
- Unnamed Male Guard - Shot in the mouth by Agent Peter Torrence with a silencer pistol.
- Agent Hanson - Died of his injuries after being beaten and tortured by Count Dracula's henchmen off-screen on his orders.
- Unnamed Woman - Stabbed in the gut by Chin Yang with a dagger on the orders of Count Dracula/D.D. Denham during a ritual. (Revived as a vampire by Count Dracula's blood)
- Secret Service Secretary Jane - Bitten in the jugular and turned into a vampire by Count Dracula/D.D. Denham.
- Dr. Julian Keeley - Forced to commit suicide via hanging with a rope by a Count Dracula's henchman off-screen on his orders, body shown.
- Three Unnamed Women - Bitten and turned into vampires by Count Dracula/D.D. Denham off-screen, shown as vampires.
- Secret Service Secretary Jane (Vampire) - Staked in the chest by Inspector Murray with a wooden stake.
- Colonel Mathews - Shot in the head by a Count Dracula's henchman with a silenced hunting rifle off-screen on his orders, body shown.
- Secret Service Agent Peter Torrence - Shot to death by a Count Dracula's guard with a silenced hunting rifle on his orders.
- Chin Yang - Bitten and turned into a vampire by Count Dracula/D.D. Denham off-screen, shown as a vampire.
- Chin Yang (Vampire) - Staked in the chest by Inspector Murray with a wooden stake.
- Four Unnamed Female Vampires - Poisoned by running water of a fire sprinklers triggered by Inspector Murray.
- Unnamed Male Guard - Electrocuted to death by Inspector Murray on a power panel while holding a crowbar.
- John Porter - Burned to death in a fire started by Inspector Murray after being infected when he broke a poison vial in his hand under the control of Count Dracula/D.D. Denham.
- Count Dracula/D.D. Denham - Staked in the chest and disintegrated into ashes by Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing with a fencepost after being slashed into a hawthorn bush.
Deaths[]
- Total - 22
- 15 Humans
- 9 Men
- 6 Women
- 7 Vampires
- 6 Women
- 1 Man
- 15 Humans
Kill Counts[]
- Count Dracula/D.D. Denham - 11 (Deceased)
- Inspector Murray - 8 (Alive)
- Secret Service Agent Peter Torrence - 2 (Deceased)
- Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing - 1 (Alive)
- Agent Hanson - 1 (Deceased)
- Chin Yang - 1 (Deceased)
