Long-lost footage from Dracula film found decades…
Dracula is rising from the lifeless again.
Long-lost footage from a traditional 1958 Dracula film with Christopher Lee was found in a warehouse decades after it was cut because early audiences found it so terrifying that they fainted.
The three-minutes value of footage, which has never been seen in the US, was found in a Warner Brothers warehouse decades after it was eliminated from the film, which was called “Dracula” in the UK but launched in the US as “Horror of Dracula,” according to Screen Daily.
The footage was cut because it depicted scenes that had been too gory and inappropriately suggestive for modern audiences, with viewers in Japan reportedly passing out upon viewing the full-color pictures.
Dracula’s 1958 British horror-classic is rising from the lifeless and sinking its fangs back into theaters this October with a 4K restoration including misplaced scenes.
A new 4K model of the film with the restored footage can be hitting theaters proper in time for Halloween this yr and embody the restored scenes, never-before-seen by audiences outdoors of Japan, in crystal-clear readability, according to Hammer Films and Silver Salt Restoration.
“Bringing Dracula back to audiences in 4K goes far beyond a piece of film restoration work,” Hammer Films CEO John Gore, told the outlet.
“This is the recovery of a piece of British film history that audiences believed had been lost forever,” he said.
Christopher Lee — the late-icon better to recognized to Gen-Z as Count Dooku from Star Wars — redefined the vampire’s look and fame for generations with his efficiency as Count Dracula, Gore told Deadline.
Christopher Lee redefined the vampire’s look and fame for generations with the character’s signature fangs and purple eyes to match his visceral physicality. Hammer Films
The restored 4K footage contains a number of scenes that had been cut after early audiences in Japan fainted.
Lee launched the characters signature fangs and purple eyes to match his visceral physicality, while Peter Cushing delivered what is widely regarded as the definitive screen portrayal of the clever, fearless vampire hunter Van Helsing.
The restored 4K footage contains half of a scene displaying Dracula’s fangs dripping with blood after feasting on a sufferer’s neck, a inappropriately suggestive clip where the vampire descends upon a lady he’s going to chew, and some unsettling moments from Dracula’s gory death scene, according to The Independent.
“Bringing Dracula back to audiences in 4K goes far beyond a piece of film restoration work,” said Hammer Films CEO John Gore.
“Seeing Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing together again in such extraordinary detail is a reminder of just how powerful this film remains nearly seventy years after its original release,” Gore said.
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