Dracula And The Seven Golden Vampires

An intriguing, if not entirely successful, attempt at mixing Shaw Bros. martial arts with Hammer horror fare, THE LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES is wholly entertaining and, at times, an effective genre hybrid--which, with the exception of the Hong Kong cinema, has not been repeated. The film opens in imperial China, circa 1880, as the high priest of the Seven Golden Vampires visits a crypt that contains Dracula's coffin. The vampire (Forbes-Robertson) rises from his tomb and melds his identity with that of the Chinese priest, taking on the latter's physical appearance. Meanwhile, Cushing, in his last go-round as Dr. Van Helsing, comes to China to study vampire...