Christopher Lee
…Taste The Blood of Dracula 1970….
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
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Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) was originally written without Dracula appearing at all. With Christopher Lee’s increasing reluctance to reprise the role, Hammer intended to replace Lee and Dracula in the franchise with the Lord Courtley character played by Ralph Bates, who would rise as a vampire after his death and seek revenge. Hammer’s American distributor refused to release the film without Dracula appearing, prompting Hammer to convince Lee to return, with Dracula replacing the resurrected Lord Courtley.



