[divx-dvdrip.mp3-ita-eng]The Brides of Dracula - Le Spose di Dracula (1960)

THIS IS THE SECOND FILM OF HAMMER PROJECT STARTED BY COLOMBO-BT

IL SECONDO FILM DEL PROGETTO HORRO DELLA HAMMER PROPOSTO DA COLOMBO-BT




FILM:


TItle:The Brides of Dracula


Country:Gran Bretagna


Release data: 1960


Genre: Horror


runtime: 85'


Director:Terence Fisher


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DATI FILM:


Titolo: Dracula il Vampiro


Titolo originale:The Brides of Dracula


Nazionalit?:Gran Bretagna


Anno: 1960


Genere: Horror


Durata: 85'


Regia:Terence Fisher


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PLOT:


A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr Van Helsing is already on his way....


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TRAMA:


La giovane maestra Marianne Danielle, ospite nel castello transilvano dei baroni Meinster, ha suscitato l?interesse del barone, centenario vampiro. Non sapendo che anche il figlio ? un vampiro, lo libera dalle catene che lo imprigionano in una stanza del castello. Per sua fortuna Van Helsing si trova nei paraggi...


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CAST:


* Peter Cushing Dr. J. Van Helsing


* Martita Hunt Baronessa Meinster


* Yvonne Monlaur Marianne Danielle


* Freda Jackson Greta


* David Peel Barone Meinster


* Miles Malleson Dr. Tobler


* Henry Oscar Sig. Otto Lang


* Mona Washbourne S.ra Helga Lang


* Andree Melly Gina


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DATI XVID:


Dimension: 740 MB


Runtime: 01:22:03

Video Codec: XviD


Video Bitrate: 1063 kb/s


Risoluzione: 640x368 (1.74:1) [=40:23]


FPS (Frames/sec):25.000


QF (Frame quality): 0.181 bits/pixel

Audio Codec ITA: Mp3


Audio Bitrate ITA: 92 kb/s (46/ch, stereo) VBR


Freq Audio ITA: 48000 Hz

Audio Codec ENG: Mp3


Audio Bitrate ENG: 92 kb/s (46/ch, stereo) VBR LAME3.90.?


Freq Audio ENG: 48000 Hz


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COMMENTS:


Certainly, one of the oddest successes for Hammer. Determined to make a sequel to HORROR OF Dracula, but with a lead character turned to dust and an actor refusing to be 'typecast' (Christopher Lee), the film still manages to be one of the best "Dracula" films (as well as one of Hammer's of the era).

Set up with a narrated prologue (sublimely eerie photography) that explains that Dracula has left a 'cult' legacy behind, BRIDES picks up with a gorgeous French woman (Yvonne Monlaur) who is passing thru (does one pass thru Transylvania??). From there she meets a Baroness (Martita Hunt) who takes her in for the night. That night the young woman unwittingly lets loose her son the Baron (David Peel). Peel is, of course, a Vampire. It's at this point that Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) enters the scene and so the story is set up.

BRIDES OF Dracula has two main points of interest. First, the truly creepy Oedipel relationship of the Baron and his Mother (if one thinks about it, the Mother is one of the title 'Brides' - someone call Dr.Freud!). There is also the overly protective Housekeeper (Freda Jackson) who thoroughly abets The Baron and his Brides upon his 'release'. Second, there's Peter Cushing's magnificent performance as Van Helsing. In only his second time out in the role, he thoroughly owns it - and comes to dominate the picture. What's also amazing is Cushing's physicality. While there no doubt are some stunt double shots, the majority of the action scenes are clearly handled by the actor himself. Something that too often is over-looked when commenting on the nearly always reliable character actor.

A couple of quibbles. Since Vampires can change into bats, why can't the Baron escape a human sized shackle? And, since the Housekeeper is so smitten with him, why doesn't she release him herself? One could search and ponder why the script doesn't address these issues, but I believe the simple matter of fact is that they just weren't thought through. The film works quite well, nitpicks aside.


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RECENSIONE:


Questo secondo film del ciclo hammer di dracula in realt? non pu? essere considerato veramente come parte integrante del ciclo stesso..


infatti non c'? l'ombra del conte Dracula (n? di lee quindi). Interessante Il rapporto del vampiro con le donne, qui messo in evidenza.


Non all'altezza dei film con Lee ma grazie alle trovate di Fisher riesce a raggiungere una volutazione medio-alta.