Scars of Dracula

Scars of Dracula (1970) is a Hammer Horror production directed by Roy Ward Baker, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Paul flees his village after a false accusation, ends up in the wrong carriage, and wakes up as a guest in a mountain castle where the host never sleeps. The Count is gracious. He is also hungry.

Christopher Lee's Dracula here is leaner and colder than in earlier Hammer entries — less theatrical, more predatory. When Paul's brother and his fiancée come looking for him, they find the castle well-defended: a homicidal servant played by Patrick Troughton, a labyrinth of dark corridors, and a lord who treats violence as routine household business. Director Baker pushed the on-screen gore further than the series had gone before, giving the film a rawer edge. For fans of classic British gothic horror, this is Lee at his most genuinely unsettling. Stream Scars of Dracula (1970) online on iFILM.