He needs dracula to restore their power and the vampire takes kahs body and image. The legend of the seven golden vampires, directed by roy ward baker and cheh chang, is a rare crossbreed of a movie. 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. With peter cushing, david chiang, julie ege, han chen wang. While lecturing in china, van helsing 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. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974, directed by roy. Legend seven 7 golden vampires dvd 1974 peter cushing hammer. Delivering a lecture at the university, professor van helsing relates the chinese legend of the seven golden vampires to the work of his old adversary dracula, and describes the terrible fate meted out to the one man from a village who dared to oppose the terrorising of the vampires.
Trailer for the us release of the legend of the 7 golden vampires, cut down to a. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 the movie. The legend of the 7 golden vampires has suffered over the years from an undeserved bad rep, as it was hammers last dracula film and released in america in a severelytruncated version called the 7 brothers meet dracula with the great tag,black belt against black magic. Kiss of the vampire, the vampire lovers, the countess dracula. 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. Peter cushing, david chiang, julie ege, robin stewart, szu shih, john forbesrobertson, robert hanna, shen chan, james ma. Legend of the seven golden vampires soundtrack cd details and availability. In 1880, professor lawrence van helsing travels to china to lecture on the old chinese legend of. Jan 22, 2011 legend of the seven golden vampires 1974 january 22, 2011 march 16, 2018 lotus watcher the legend of the seven golden vampires, directed by roy ward baker and cheh chang, is a rare crossbreed of a movie. The two genres were combined for this movie in what has to be a first. If you like the legend of the 7 golden vampires, check out. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 directed by. Peter cushing, david chiang, julie ege, robin stewart, szu shih, john forbesrobertson, robert hanna, shen chan, james ma, fong lah ann.
Legend of the 7 golden vampires, on the other hand, was a much more enjoyable effort. 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. One of those in the audience is a young man skilled in kungfu. The shaw brothers were the largest hong kong film studio and invested half the money. Jul 27, 2014 legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 trailer. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the 1974 courtesy turner entertainment co. The legend of the seven golden vampires 1974 sometimes you just have to wonder what was going on in the heads of movie makers when they started out on some of these schemes. The legend of the 7 golden vampires film tv tropes. 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 aforementioned bloodsuckers look rad as can be with awesome kung fu battles taking place often. After learning about the seven golden vampires of the village, hsi ching. 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, 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.
Subscribe to hammer for all our latest releases and classic clips 1k38x0a available on dvd uk. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 r 06011979 us action, horror 1h 25m user score. It was released in north america in an edited version as the seven brothers meet dracula. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 dvdrip rychlodabing. Jun 23, 2010 legend of the seven golden vampires soundtrack cd details and availability. Legenda o 7 zlatnih vampira, ponekad prikazivan i pod naslovom the seven brothers meet dracula sh. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 trailer duration. While lecturing in china, van helsing agrees to help.
Legend of the 7 golden vampires dvd 1974 dvd synopsis and information. Nonton film the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 sub. Legend of the 7 golden vampires the aka the 7 brothers. Of course in todays world, there are lots of hybrid types of movies, but at the time it was very unusual. The legend of the seven golden vampires original theatrical trailer 1974 hammer. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 full movie. 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. 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.
The legend of the 7 golden vampires 2003 rotten tomatoes. Legend recklessly stirs eastern and western myths into one big stew van helsing explains reasonably that while a european vampire cringes at the. In 1974, the studio released two such genrebending mashups. 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. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is the very definition of a cult classic. Staring john forbesrobinson, robin stewart, julie edge and david chiang. You actually see vampires using the martial arts to fight their opponents. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 directed by roy. Professor van helsing peter cushing and count dracula john forbesrobinson meet again in this kung fu horror spectacular set in the village of ping kuei.
The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 releases dates, movie score, movie trailer, movie poster, synopsis, and plot. He recounts the legend of the 7 golden vampires which we are treated to in flashback. The legend of the 7 golden vampires was a 1974 horror film produced by hammer studios and shaw brothers studio. The legend of the seven golden vampires original theatrical trailer 1974 duration. 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. By the time of the legend of the 7 golden vampires in 1974 hammer studios was dying. Big embedded video just got done watching your previous monster madness videos.
The legend of the 7 golden vampires was released in 1974 in the far east and. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 plot summary. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 horror movie. Watch the legend of the 7 golden vampires prime video. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 martial arts horror film. This movie was a joint production between the shaw brothers and hammer film productionswarner bros. The film is set in 1804 where seven vampires clad in gold masks who were resurrected by count dracula, played by john forbesrobertson. 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. The legend of the 7 golden vampires photos view all photos 1 movie info. Cushing returns as van helsing to help a pack of brothers reclaim a chinese land cursed by vampires. Peter cushing as professor van helsing is hired later in 1904 after giving a lecture at a chinese university to take on the vampires. He tells van helsing that he knows the location of the village and begs him to join him on a quest to rid the world of the golden vampires once and for all. A description of tropes appearing in legend of the 7 golden vampires. Nonton movie the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 film the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 merupakan salah satu film bergenre action, horror yang di sutradarai oleh sutradara kondang papan atas chang cheh, roy ward baker, dan tidak ketinggalan juga, film ini dijamin bertabur deretan bintang film papan atas akan memukau anda saat nonton film the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974.
Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the soundtrack details. 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. Sedmoro brace srecu draculu je britanskohongkonski igrani film snimljen 1974. In this 1974 vampire feature, hammer horror meets shaw brothers kung fu cinema. The legend of the 7 golden vampires original soundtrack. Legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 cinemassacre productions.
The satanic rites of dracula, an espionage vampire film in which dracula was reinvented as a blofeldstyle villain intent on destroying the world, and the legend of the 7 golden vampires, which saw hammer join forces with hong kongs shaw brothers for some martialarts monster fun. Now it falls to vampire hunter van helsing and four kung fu experts to defeat the creature in this martial arts horror film. Legend of 7 golden vampires, the on dvd 01056099 from starz anchor bay. I know, someone must have said, lets make a kung fu vampire movie. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 soundtrack. Oct 31, 2011 he recounts the legend of the 7 golden vampires which we are treated to in flashback. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 silver emulsion. The legend of the 7 golden vampires was released in 1974 in the far east and the u. In 19thcentury china, a group of evildoers known as the seven. Made well before the cycle of hopping corpse films e. Legend of 7 golden vampires, the dvd 1974 dvd empire. He tells van helsing that he knows the location of the village and begs him to join him on a quest to.
Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the 1974 screenonline. 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. Legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 trailer youtube. It was not until 1979 that it received its american release. They were on their way out, and the partnership seems like an attempt to stay relevant and afloat in a changing industry. 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. The legend of the seven golden vampires van helsing kills dracula official clip.
Download the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974,x264. The film is representative of the extreme direction hammer went. In 19thcentury china, a group of evildoers known as the seven golden vampires visit count draculas grave, where they. Hammer films, famous for its lush, lavish, and gothic horror flicks, teamed up with the shaw brothers, famous for their hong kong kungfu action flicks. This is the last hammer vampire movie and one of the two. The opening 10m of the short version features footage from the vampires attack on the village, the old man killing the 7th golden vampire, and the vampires rising from their grave taken from the ending all pasted together in one, long incoherent sequence. 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 legend of the 7 golden vampires is a really enjoyable but bizarre mix of genres which sometimes meshes, sometimes doesnt. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 plot summary imdb.
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