Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Date: 1966
Director: Terence Fisher
Production Company: Hammer Films

Stars: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Charles Tingwell
Location(s): Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire

Region(s):

Storyline:

After Dracula is resurrected he preys on four unsuspecting visitors to his castle.

Additional Information:

Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson

Buy this film on Amazon link

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

Can you help:

If you have any information regarding this production, the locations or, even better, some comparison shots please contact us. Images submitted must be in Landscape orientation, as would be seen on the cinema screen, not Portrait.

We are aware that there are films on the site that were added when the criteria for the inclusion of locations was very different from today and, as a result, there may be scenes missing from some productions. Please do not forward additional screen captures to us but bring the detail to our attention, for we do, and are, 're-addressing' these older entries as time allows.

  • Capture 1
  • 'Now' required

Alan (Charles Tingwell) and Charles Kent (Francis Matthews) speak with their frightened Coach Driver (John Maxim) before he leaves them and their Wives in the forest on the road to Karlsbad. Black Park near Wexham, Buckinghamshire.

  • Capture 2
  • 'Now' required

Charles approaches Count Dracula’s to search for Alan and Helen. This is part of the backlot at Hammer’s studios in Bray, Berkshire and the set was also seen in ‘Rasputin, the Mad Monk’.

  • Capture 3
  • 07 Aug 2020

Escaping from Dracula, Charles Kent and his wife Diana are rescued by Father Sandor and taken to his Monastery. Ashridge House, Little Gaddesden near Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire. Possibly a stock shot of the location which is also seen in ‘Crooks in Cloisters’ and 'The Dirty Dozen'.

Morgan Rogers provides this "as near-as-I-can-get-it" comparison view.

  • Capture 4
  • 15 Jul 2020

Followed by Ludwig (Thorley Walters), Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) carries Diana Kent (Suzan Farmer) from the Monastery. Down Place, home to Hammer Films on Windsor Road, Bray. The studio building is often used as a location and appears in 'The Curse of Frankenstein', 'The House Across the Lake' and 'Death of an Angel' amongst other films.

Gordon Thomson provides this shot of the same scene now. Surely not marked for social distancing visits. (RL)