Nov. 7, 2023

This Day in Halloween: Hammer Film's "Dracula Has Risen From The Grave" starring Christopher Lee opens across the U.K. in 1968. / Illustration by Whitney McGaw

Dracula Has Risen From The Grave opens across the U.K. in 1968. The fourth in Hammer’s Dracula franchise, the third to feature Christopher Lee and the first in the franchise not banned in Australia. The film benefits largely from the look and mood created by director Freddie Francis.

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