The legend of the 7 golden vampires photos view all photos 1 movie info. There are two versions of this film, but my favorite is the one called legend of the seven golden vampires as opposed to the seven brothers meet dracula. Dracula isnt played by christopher lee, the make up is a bit of a disappointment and he appears, no doubt unintentionally like a stage magician. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 company credits. Feb 02, 2016 the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 trailer. Van helsing makes good use of this trope, first by killing one of the seven golden vampires by accidentally sticking a torch into it, and later giving the same fate to some mooks in the finale.
You actually see vampires using the martial arts to fight their opponents. The legend of the 7 golden vampires starburst magazine. Roy ward baker 19 december 1916 5 october 2010, born roy horace baker, was an english film director, credited as roy baker for much of his career. This tape also marks the first time legend of the 7 golden vampires has been seen in its entirety in the u. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 horror film martial arts film produced by hammer film productions and shaw brothers studio. Through an exclusive licensing agreement with studio canal, millennium entertainment plans to release a number of hammer horror classics. They were on their way out, and the partnership seems like an attempt to stay relevant and afloat in a changing industry. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the soundtrack details. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 directed by. The soundtrack features music composed by james bernard for the 1974 horror film directed by roy ward baker the vampire lovers, quatermass and the pit, starring peter cushing as van helsing, julie ege, david chiang. A description of tropes appearing in legend of the 7 golden vampires.
Count dracula journeys to a remote chinese village in the guise of a warlord to support six vampires. Terence fisherroy ward baker millennium entertainment. This film is the ninth and final entry in the hammer dracula series and stars peter cushing, john forbesrobinson, david chiang, julie ege and szu shih. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 news imdb. The legend of the 7 golden vampires trivia tv tropes. The aforementioned bloodsuckers look rad as can be with awesome kung fu battles taking place often. Released in 1974 in the uk only as a new spin on the soundtrack album, the peter cushing narrated the legend of the 7 golden vampires made its brief appearance in the racks of record stores and then vanished. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 martial arts horror film. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 2003 rotten tomatoes. They had a bunch of kung fu movies playing, including legend of the seven golden vampires, chinese connection, and some others. Its not perfect and has plenty of faults but its one of the best of hammers dracula series and finishes the series on a reasonable, if somewhat silly, high. One hundred years later, professor laurence van helsing gives a lecture at a chinese university about the legend of the seven golden vampires but the students leave the auditorium finding that the all the exposition is superstition.
The legend of the 7 golden vampires complete score by james bernard 1. The 1979, united states last warning, the 1974, great britain legend of the seven golden vampires, the. Bsx records presents the original soundtrack to the hammer horror classic legend of the 7 golden vampires. Of course in todays world, there are lots of hybrid types of movies, but at the time it was very unusual. Kiss of the vampire, the vampire lovers, the countess dracula. Sep 22, 2014 classic hammer horror release on warner bros in 1974.
The eastern style makes for a very different vampire film to what were used to, and legend of the 7 golden vampires seems keen to capitalise on that as it changes many of the traditional vampire. Peter cushing as professor van helsing is hired later in 1904 after giving a lecture at a chinese university to take on the vampires. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 r 0601 1979 us action, horror 1h 25m user score. The legend of the 7 golden vampires march 1, 2014 from the legendary hammer films two new tv spots for thequietones and just over one month until release. Subscribe to hammer for all our latest releases and classic clips the police and british security forces call in professor van helsing. Rent legend of the 7 golden vampires 1979 on dvd and blu. The shaw brothers were the largest hong kong film studio and invested half the money. I remember getting this soundtrack years back in the form of the warner bros. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 directed by roy. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, on the other hand, was a much more enjoyable effort. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a rich instance of this in horror movie history, as it attempted to drag not only dracula and his genre from his tomb once more, but also the studio that had been trading on his name since the 1950s.
Legend of the 7 golden vampires the aka the 7 brothers meet dracula 1974 count dracula journeys to a remote chinese village in the guise of a warlord to support six vampires who are dispirited after the loss of a seventh member of their cult. Nonton film the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 sub. Legend of the 7 golden vampires the aka the 7 brothers. March 1, 2014 from the legendary hammer films two new tv spots for thequietones and just over one month until release. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 film about siblings who reclaim their ancestral mountain village from vampires. The 7 golden vampires golden masks and their mooks skull masks. It was released in north america in an edited version as the seven brothers meet dracula. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a really enjoyable but bizarre mix of genres which sometimes meshes, sometimes doesnt. He needs dracula to restore their power and the vampire takes kahs body and image. Feb 24, 2007 me and a friend went downtown to either the oriental theater or the statelake theater we went so often, i forget which movie was seen where. The vampires reemerge from their subterranean halls to reclaim the world from man. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 legend of the vampires.
Legend of the seven golden vampires page 4 classic. Sedmoro brace srecu draculu je britanskohongkonski igrani film snimljen 1974. The legend of the 7 golden vampires was a 1974 horror film produced by hammer studios and shaw brothers studio. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 silver emulsion. John forbesrobertson replaces christopher lee as count dracula. Another singularity of the golden vampires is that they keep a large vat of blood at the center of their temple, and their victims lie on tilted slabs that drain into the vat. The film is set in 1804 where seven vampires clad in gold masks who were resurrected by count dracula, played by john forbesrobertson. Oct 16, 2009 by the time of the legend of the 7 golden vampires in 1974 hammer studios was dying. After learning about the seven golden vampires of the village, hsi ching, vanessa beren and mai kwei offer to guide van helsing and his son to ping kuei to free it from the curse of count dracula. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the film poster gallery.
I always found the film to be very enjoyable, and fun. In this 1974 vampire feature, hammer horror meets shaw brothers kung fu cinema. The legend of the 7 golden vampires film tv tropes. The legend of the 7 golden vampires dvd is a fun hammer vampire.
It was not until 1979 that it received its american release. Sep 02, 2016 the legend of the 7 golden vampires was hammers final dracula film with barely any drac action, as well as one of their last films overall, and i cant imagine it won too many hearts back to the hammer fold. The hammer film productions horror classic the legend of the 7 golden vampires is coming to bluray for the first time on april 9th via scream factory. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 trailer youtube. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is not usually regarded a jewel in the crown of hammer films. The satanic rites of dracula original theatrical trailer. Rent legend of the 7 golden vampires 1979 starring peter cushing and david chiang on dvd and bluray. Download the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974,x264. However, to reincarnate any one of them, it is apparently necessary to have access to the golden batshaped medallion that the vampire wore. Jun 12, 2014 legend of the seven golden vampires is a hoot. By the time of the legend of the 7 golden vampires in 1974 hammer studios was dying.
Legend of the seven golden vampires page 4 classic horror. This movie was a joint production between the shaw brothers and hammer film productionswarner bros. Legenda o 7 zlatnih vampira, ponekad prikazivan i pod naslovom the seven brothers meet dracula sh. The legend of the 7 golden vampires was the only product of a mid1970s teamup between hammer films and the shaw brothers studio, but illfated action flick shatter coincidentally due for a home video release in about a week likely doesnt have quite the same sense of being a crossover that this does. Legend seven 7 golden vampires dvd 1974 peter cushing hammer. It is the ninth and final film in the hammer dracula series. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, peter cushing, hammer films 1960.
In 19thcentury china, a group of evildoers known as the seven golden vampires visit count draculas grave, where they. The storyline follows draculas disturbance by a chinese vampires servitor who has travelled to his keep to inform him of the misfortunes of his seven golden vampires. The legend of the 7 golden vampires light in the attic. The legend of the 7 golden vampires poster 1 goldposter.
Dracula, prince of darkness 1965 legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974frankenstein created woman 1967 directors. The scene at the start, where john forbes robertson who plays dracula, to be really hysterical. While lecturing in china, van helsing peter cushing agrees to help seven kung fu trained siblings reclaim their ancestral mountain village, now the domain of seven powerful vampires and their army of. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 soundtrack. Legend of the seven golden vampires classic horror film board. Cushing returns as van helsing to help a pack of brothers reclaim a chinese land cursed by vampires. It was originally released in the far east in 1974.
The legend of the 7 golden vampires was released in 1974 in the far east and the u. Thanks to the verite horrors of films like night of the living dead 1968, their unique brand of gothic chills seemed archaic as dusty as one of draculas cobwebbed tombs. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, an appreciation by michael lauck on october 31, 2015 2 comments in buddhist blog halloween is a time for ghosts, goblins and vampires, but that does not mean that you have to abandon martial arts movies to get into the spirit of the season. Watch the legend of the 7 golden vampires prime video. A super weird but uber cool sendoff for the series, the legend of the 7 golden vampires is the right kind of genre mashup that works. Horror icon peter cushing narrates the plot of the 7 golden vampires while the music is composed by james bernard. Count dracula journeys to a remote chinese village in the guise of a warlord to support six vampires who are dispirited after the loss of a. The legend of the 7 golden vampires, narrated by peter. Legend of the seven golden vampires, the 1974, great britain, alternative spelling dracula and the seven golden vampires 1974 7 brothers versus dracula 1974 7 golden vampires 1974, great britain. The legend of the 7 golden vampires original soundtrack. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 horror filmmartial arts film produced by hammer film productions and shaw brothers studio. Its frequently seen as an attempt to cash in on the character for which hammer was most famous dracula as well as the 70s kung fu craze.
His later career included many horror films and television shows. The legend of the 7 golden vampires features music composed by james bernard and arranged and conducted by philip martell and is presented by buysoundtrax records and gdi records, continuing in the tradition of our incredible series of. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 the movie. Legend of the seven golden vampires, the very first horror kung fu combo, falls somewhere in the middle.
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