Episode 126 - Hammer Britannia 006 - Dracula (1958)

09/24/22 • 65 min

Reel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism.

The latest episode in our Hammer horror retrospective - and a possibly the movie that truly defined the classic Hammer horror genre...

Dracula (1958)

Jonathan Harker takes employment with Count Dracula, ostensibly to catalog his vast library. In fact, he is on a mission to kill the Count, a vampire. Before he can do so however, the Count gains the upper hand and Harker soon finds himself as one of the walking dead. Dracula has taken an interest in Harker's fiancée, Lucy Holmwood and it is left to Harker's colleague, Dr. Van Helsing to protect her. He has difficulty convincing Lucy's brother, Arthur Holmwood, of the dangers or even the existence of vampires. Soon, however, Arthur's wife Mina is targeted by Count Dracula and he and Van Helsing race to find his lair before she is lost to them forever.

"Please try and understand this is not Lucy the sister you loved. It's only a shell possessed and corrupted by the evil of Dracula. To liberate her soul and give her peace we must destroy that shell for all time. Believe me there is no other way."

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Scott, Steven and Mark

Reel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism.

The latest episode in our Hammer horror retrospective - and a possibly the movie that truly defined the classic Hammer horror genre...

Dracula (1958)

You can find this and all our previous episodes everywhere you download your podcasts

Join us over at our Facebook Group ....we’d love to chat with you

email: [email protected]

#podcast #britmovie #reelbritannia #hammerhorror #dracula

Thanks for listening

Scott, Steven and Mark

Previous Episode

Episode 125 - The Offence (1973)

Reel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism.

The darkest of dramas this week as Scott is joined by his Stinking Pause Podcast co hosts, Paul and Charlie to chat about Sidney Lumet, Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Ian Bannen....and Bracknell.

The Offence (1973)

A veteran British police inspector, Sgt. Johnson (Sean Connery), has grown increasingly disturbed by the rapes and murders he has investigated over the years. When he finds a young girl in the woods who has been raped, police begin searching for a suspect. When Kenneth Baxter (Ian Bannen) is brought in for questioning, Johnson snaps, beating him during an unauthorized interrogation. Lt. Cartwright (Trevor Howard) is then brought in to interview him about the incident.

"Nothing I have done can be one half as bad as the thoughts in your head."

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Scott, Paul and Charlie

Next Episode

Episode 127 - An Inspector Calls (1954)

Reel Britannia - a very British podcast about very British movies...with just a hint of professionalism.

An Inspector Calls (1954)

When a young girl is found dead an inspector is sent to investigate a prosperous Yorkshire household. It emerges that each member of the family has a guilty secret - each one is partly responsible for her death.

Based on the play by J.B. Priestley, this British mystery follows Inspector Poole (Alastair Sim) as he investigates the apparent suicide of Eva Smith (Jane Wenham), a young working-class woman. Paying a visit to the wealthy Birling household, Poole arrives in the middle of a dinner party and slowly reveals how each family member, including stern patriarch Arthur Birling (Arthur Young) and his uptight wife, Sybil (Olga Lindo), could have had a hand in Eva's death.

"She wasn't very pretty when I saw her last in the infirmary."

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Scott, Steven and Anthony