Legend of 7 golden vampires, the dvd 1974 dvd empire. I always found the film to be very enjoyable, and fun. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 supernatural horror martial arts. 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 seven golden vampires marries two disparate genres the period horror film and the martial arts film with surprisingly entertaining results. The legend of the 7 golden vampires wikimili, the best.
Sedmoro brace srecu draculu je britanskohongkonski igrani film snimljen 1974. While lecturing in china, van helsing agrees to help seven kung fu trained siblings reclaim their. Jan 28, 2020 the legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 martial arts horror film produced by hammer film productions and shaw brothers studio. 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 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. The legend of the 7 golden vampires film tv tropes. The 7 golden vampires golden masks and their mooks skull masks. Legend of the seven golden vampires page 4 classic horror. 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. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the legend of the 7 golden vampires near you. The legend of the 7 golden vampires full movie hd film the legend.
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 1974 releases dates, movie score, movie trailer, movie poster, synopsis, and plot. The evictors 1979 episode 112 decades of horror 1970s. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, on the other hand, was a much more enjoyable effort. The legend of the 7 golden vampires hammer horror halloween hootenanny. At least that is the sound it makes in my head, because wow is the legend of the 7 golden vampires ever a weird little movie. Feb 02, 2016 the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 trailer. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Podcast legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 episode 33 decades. The creatures of the night face off with kung fu masters in this vampire film with an asian twist. Staring john forbesrobinson, robin stewart, julie edge and david chiang. Genres action, horror, international director roy ward baker. One of the reasons why hammer horror is so brilliant is that it isnt afraid to make a film that most other film studios would regard as stupid and then make it work. The man begs van helsing to help his town, which is being ravaged by seven vampires.
The legend of the legend of the 7 golden vampires, or how hammer headed east. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 silver emulsion. Legenda o 7 zlatnih vampira, ponekad prikazivan i pod naslovom the seven brothers meet dracula sh. One of the vampires spied the medallion around the buddha and went over to collect it. Next up is the scream release of the hammershaw brothers production the legend of the 7 golden vampires aka the 7 brothers meet dracula. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 soundtrack. The aforementioned bloodsuckers look rad as can be with awesome kung fu battles taking place often. In this 1974 vampire feature, hammer horror meets shaw brothers kung fu cinema. 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. Peter cushing, david chiang, julie ege, robin stewart, szu shih, john forbesrobertson, robert hanna, shen chan, james ma.
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 undead slaves. Download the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974,x264. Podcast legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 episode 33. 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 2003 rotten tomatoes. Made well before the cycle of hopping corpse films e. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974, directed by roy. I watched the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 for the fifth or sixth time recently. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 trailer youtube.
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. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the film poster gallery. Im giving this release a score of 4 stars despite some reservations. The legend of the 7 golden vampires sonicwb wikia fandom. The scene at the start, where john forbes robertson who plays dracula, to be really hysterical. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 directed by roy. March 1, 2014 from the legendary hammer films two new tv spots for thequietones and just over one month until release. It received wider distribution in the united states in june 1979 by dynamite. Not just weird in the final vampire picture produced by the. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 directed by. 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. I was going to give it 3 stars but that became 3 12 stars after i listened to the audio. Seven brothers meet dracula, the 1979, united states last warning, the 1974, great britain legend of the seven golden vampires, the 1974, great britain, alternative spelling dracula and the seven golden vampires 1974 7 brothers versus dracula 1974.
You havent seen kung fu until youve seen the 7 brothers and 1 sister. One of the great disasters in horror film history, this turkey put the final. In 1880, professor lawrence van helsing travels to china to lecture on the old chinese legend of the seven golden vampires. The legend of the 7 golden vampires original soundtrack. The legend of the 7 golden vampires was released in 1974 in the far east and the u. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 alternate ending. Peter cushing in the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 the legend of the 7. You havent seen kung fu until youve seen the 7 brothers and 1 sister take dracula taglines.
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. Update on the legend of the 7 golden vampires bluray our final list of extras for our upcoming release of the entertaining kungfuhorror hybrid. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 martial arts horror film. I was going to give it 3 stars but that became 3 1 2 stars after i listened to the audio commentary. The film is set in 1804 where seven vampires clad in gold masks who were resurrected by count dracula, played by john forbesrobertson. A description of tropes appearing in legend of the 7 golden vampires. The final vampire picture produced by hammer film productions saw the studio going out with neither a bang nor a whimper, but a comic sproing noise. 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. Originaltitel, the legend of the 7 golden vampires.
It features a lovely performance from peter cushing, as professor van helsing, who is travelling around china trying to convince its people of the worldwide threat of vamprism in 1904. 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. I love those 70s kung fu films and the mashing of the highly popular hammer dracula series really works for me. Cushing returns as van helsing to help a pack of brothers reclaim a chinese land cursed by vampires.
During this latest viewing, i studied it carefully. Rent legend of the 7 golden vampires 1979 starring peter cushing and david chiang on dvd and bluray. Through an exclusive licensing agreement with studio canal, millennium entertainment plans to release a number of hammer horror classics on dvd and bluray. 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. It was released in the us by dynamite films in 1979 in a heavily edited version as the 7 brothers meet dracula, and was alternately known on the us trailer as the 7 brothers and their one sister. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 r 0601 1979 us action, horror 1h 25m. 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. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a really enjoyable but bizarre mix of genres which sometimes meshes, sometimes doesnt. 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. This is hands down my favorite hammer dracula film. Hammer and shaw brothers combine to provide a fusion of kungfu and vampirism in which cushings van helsen tracks dracula to china, perceiving his hand behind the terrorising of a village by the. Dracula, prince of darkness 1965 legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974frankenstein created woman 1967 directors. Jun 12, 2014 legend of the seven golden vampires is a hoot.
Rent legend of the 7 golden vampires 1979 on dvd and blu. The legend of the 7 golden vampires sonicwbii wiki fandom. Van helsing peter cushing is approached by a man from the village of ping kuei. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 horror movie. By the time of the legend of the 7 golden vampires in 1974 hammer studios was dying. The shaw brothers were the largest hong kong film studio and invested half the money. Terence fisherroy ward baker millennium entertainment. It is the ninth and final film in the hammer dracula series.
The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 the movie. Legend of 7 golden vampires, the on dvd 01056099 from starz anchor bay. This movie was a joint production between the shaw brothers and hammer film productionswarner bros. You havent seen kung fu until youve seen the 7 brothers and 1 sister take dracula see more. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the soundtrack details. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. This tape also marks the first time legend of the 7 golden vampires has been seen in its entirety in the u. Oct 16, 2009 by the time of the legend of the 7 golden vampires in 1974 hammer studios was dying. Legend of the 7 golden vampires the aka the 7 brothers. The legend of the 7 golden vampires cast and crew cast. It was not until 1979 that it received its american release. Mr vampire, hong kong, 1986 established a distinctively chinese variation of the vampire movie, legend recklessly stirs eastern and western myths into one big stew van helsing explains reasonably that while a european vampire cringes at the cross, an eastern fiend will be repelled by. 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. T he legend of the 7 golden vampires was a 1974 horror film produced by hammer studios and shaw brothers studio.
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. John forbesrobertson replaces christopher lee as count dracula. Oct 26, 2008 the final vampire picture produced by hammer film productions saw the studio going out with neither a bang nor a whimper, but a comic sproing noise. Legend of the seven golden vampires page 4 classic. However the student hsi ching meets van helsing at home and tells that. Its definitely an original take on a time worn tale and one that proved to be one of the most tumultuous, headache inducing experiences for both east and west. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 film about siblings who reclaim their ancestral mountain village from vampires. Professor van helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural china.
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