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Released
1966 · FILM

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

“DEAD for Ten Years DRACULA, Prince of Darkness, LIVES AGAIN!”

Directed by
Terence Fisher
Written by
Jimmy Sangster, Anthony Hinds
Runtime
90 min
Horror

Synopsis

While vacationing in the Carpathian Mountains, two couples discover the ruins of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's loyal servant kills one of the men and suspends his body above the Count's ashes, allowing blood to drip from the corpse and seep into the blackened remains. The ritual succeeds in reviving the Count, who then turns his attention to the wife of the deceased man, intending to make her his partner in a life of depravity and evil.

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Principal cast & crew: 25

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Chris BarnesShot by Michael ReedScored by James BernardDesigned by Bernard Robinson

Box Office

1966 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$365K

Budget$280K
Worldwide gross$365K
break-even (2.5×)

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Also known as

  • Blut für Draculade
  • Drácula, príncipe de las tinieblases
  • Dracula, prince des ténèbresfr
  • Dracula, principe delle tenebreit

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