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Created Apr 10, 2009 02:17AM PST • Edited Apr 10, 2009 02:17AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   An overall improvement on its immediate predecessor — “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave” — “Taste the Blood of Dracula” gains points for a more eventful and inventive storyline, another stand-out Christopher Lee turn, and all-round good performances from the cast — it is notable that this time round, the Hammer series has gained a female lead worth remembering. The collection of a seemingly deceased Dracula’s blood, cloak and ring fall into the hands of a businessman who ultimately sets out to sell them, the eventual buyers being British brothel patrons looking for a new kind of thrill. Naturally, their escapades lead to the revival of Christoper Lee’s blood-sucking vampire in Peter Sasdy’s tasteful sequel to “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave,” the film failing to avoid many of the trappings of the notably stylised Hammer entries of the time but exceeding for all its fluorishes nonetheless. Not necessarily scary but oddly noble, “Taste the Blood of Dracula” is good for a few Horror-nostalgia kicks.

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

5. Male Stars Really Great 4.5

6. Female Stars Very Good 3.5

7. Female Costars Very Good 3.5

8. Male Costars Good 3.0

10. Film

    Good 3.0

11. Direction Good 3.0

12. Play Good 3.0

13. Music Good 3.0

14. Visuals Good 3.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 1.8

17. Sex Titillating 2.3

18. Violence Fierce 1.6

19. Rudeness Polite 1.5

21. Reality

    Supernatural 4.0

22. Circumstantial Supernatural 4.0

23. Biological Supernatural 4.0

24. Physical Supernatural 4.0