Nov. 7, 2020

This Day in Halloween: Hammer Films' "Dracula Has Risen From The Grave" starring Christopher Lee opens across the U.K. in 1968. / Illustration by Justin Pakneshan.

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.