The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 martial arts horror film. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 horror filmmartial arts film produced by hammer film productions and shaw brothers studio. The film is set in 1804 where seven vampires clad in gold masks who were resurrected by count dracula, played by john forbesrobertson. The legend of the 7 golden vampires dvd is a fun hammer vampire.
I was going to give it 3 stars but that became 3 12 stars after i. The film is set in 1804 where seven vampires clad in gold masks who were resurrected. Horror icon peter cushing narrates the plot of the 7 golden vampires while the music is composed by james bernard. The final vampire picture produced by hammer film productions saw the studio going out with neither a bang nor a whimper, but a comic sproing noise. I always found the film to be very enjoyable, and fun. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the legend of the 7 golden vampires near you. Buysoundtrax records presents legend of the 7 golden vampires. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 soundtrack.
The aforementioned bloodsuckers look rad as can be with awesome kung fu battles taking place often. Legend of 7 golden vampires, the dvd 1974 dvd empire. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 aka the seven brothers meet dracula, dracula and the 7 golden vampires. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 photo gallery. Im giving this release a score of 4 stars despite some reservations. Starring peter cushing, david chiang, robin stewart, julie ege, shih szu, chan shen, lau karwing, huang peichih, john forbesrobertson, tino wong cheung, james ma chimsi, wynn lau chunfai, ho keicheong, wang hanchen. Rent legend of the 7 golden vampires 1979 on dvd and blu. Presented with the support of hong kong economic and trade office new york and celestial.
This tape also marks the first time legend of the 7 golden vampires has been seen in its entirety in the u. Peter cushing as professor van helsing is hired later in 1904 after giving a lecture at a chinese university to take on the vampires. The legend of the 7 golden vampires dvd, 1998 1 product rating. The legend of the 7 golden vampires film tv tropes. Legend quest 2017 tvy7 1 season animation when an evil force threatens his village, a gifted teen who can talk to ghosts puts his skills to good use, one legend at a time. 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. I was going to give it 3 stars but that became 3 12 stars after i listened to the. The collaboration was destined to be shortlived, as financial problems would put hammer on the ropes in just a couple of years. After learning about the seven golden vampires of the village, hsi ching david. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the film poster gallery. Some of this awkwardness is noticeable in the final product, yet at the same time, the odd juxtaposition of styles has made legend of the 7 golden vampires a true cult film. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 silver emulsion. 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. Legend seven 7 golden vampires dvd 1974 peter cushing hammer.
Sure, it was weakly executed and woefully unimaginative, but it seemed like the closing chapter on hammer films in a. Used as hopping mooks to the more athletic europeanstyle golden vampires. Instead of helping a mere minion, dracula takes over kahs body when he decides to go to china. Cushing returns as van helsing to help a pack of brothers reclaim a chinese land cursed by vampires. 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 dvd, 1998 for sale. Jun 06, 2010 legend of 7 golden vampires 1974 wikipedia. Legend of 7 golden vampires, the on dvd 01056099 from starz anchor bay. The eastern style makes for a very different vampire film to what were used to, and legend of the 7 golden vampires seems keen to capitalise on that as it changes many of the traditional vampire.
With peter cushing, david chiang, julie ege, han chen wang. Feb 02, 2016 the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 trailer. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 alternate ending. The legend of the 7 golden vampires, narrated by peter. The legend of the 7 golden vampiresoriginal soundtrack cd comes wfree digital downloaddigital booklet. Legend of the seven golden vampires page 4 classic horror.
Biting the flesh of victims and bathing in their blood as a. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 plot summary imdb. In 19thcentury china, a group of evildoers known as the seven golden vampires. I was going to give it 3 stars but that became 3 12 stars after i listened to the audio commentary. Legend of the seven golden vampires classic horror film board. The last warning its rumoured that the shaw brothers edit of the film ran 110 minutes, but if this version exists it not turned up on any home video format. Cushing once again plays professor van helsing, who this time pursues draculaplayed less than memorably by john forbesrobinson, christopher lee having finally tired of the role. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 changes the. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 horror movie. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 trailer youtube. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the soundtrack details.
The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 movie details. The legend of the 7 golden vampires photos view all photos 1 movie info. He needs dracula to restore their power and the vampire takes kahs body and image. Sedmoro brace srecu draculu je britanskohongkonski igrani film snimljen 1974. Oct 26, 2008 the final vampire picture produced by hammer film productions saw the studio going out with neither a bang nor a whimper, but a comic sproing noise. It was released in north america in an edited version as the seven brothers meet dracula. 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 1974 r 06011979 us action, horror 1h 25m user score.
Jun 12, 2014 legend of the seven golden vampires is a hoot. The legend of the 7 golden vampiresoriginal soundtrack. Staring john forbesrobinson, robin stewart, julie edge and david chiang. The legend of ancient china side one 16side two 7 16 7. The legend of the 7 golden vampires is a 1974 film about siblings who reclaim their ancestral mountain village from vampires. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 the movie.
They had a bunch of kung fu movies playing, including legend of the seven golden vampires, chinese connection, and some others. 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. Kabir singh is a remake of a telugu movie arjun reddy 2017, where a shorttempered house surgeon gets used to drugs and drinks when his girlfriend is forced to marry another person. The 7 golden vampires golden masks and their mooks skull masks. 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. Bsx records presents the original soundtrack to the hammer horror classic legend of the 7 golden vampires. Count dracula journeys to a remote chinese village in the guise of a warlord to support six vampires. The legend of the 7 golden vampires trivia tv tropes. The legend of the blood countesscountess elizabeth bathory, who lived from 1560 to 1614 in hungary, was accused of vampire behavior. 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. Initial d first stage s1 e26 initial d first stage initial d.
Legend of the seven golden vampires classic horror film. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 directed by. Nastao je u produkciji znamenitog britanskog studija hammer films te predstavlja deveti i posljednji film. 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. As for legend of the seven golden vampires, certainly a guilty pleasure for me. Rent legend of the 7 golden vampires 1979 starring peter cushing and david chiang on dvd and bluray. Watch the legend of the 7 golden vampires prime video. In 1880, professor lawrence van helsing travels to china to lecture on the old chinese legend of the seven golden vampires. The soundtrack features music composed by james bernard for the 1974 horror film directed by roy ward baker the vampire lovers, quatermass and the pit, starring peter cushing as van helsing, julie ege, david chiang. T he legend of the 7 golden vampires was a 1974 horror film produced by hammer studios and shaw brothers studio.
Hammer horror the legend of the 7 golden vampires mask. Cushing was on hand having wrapped filming of 1973s legend of the 7 golden vampires, a flawed but far more enjoyable hybrid of the shaw brothers and hammer styles. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974 directed by roy. Indeed, golden vampires would mark the last appearance of their erstwhile count and hammer would soon. Subscribe to hammer for all our latest releases and classic clips available on dvd uk. Feb 24, 2007 me and a friend went downtown to either the oriental theater or the statelake theater we went so often, i forget which movie was seen where. Legend of the 7 golden vampires dvd 1974 dvd synopsis and information. While lecturing in china, van helsing agrees to help. Halloween iii season of the witch tv pumpkin fear freshener. Van helsing makes good use of this trope, first by killing one of the seven golden vampires by accidentally sticking a torch into it, and later giving the same fate to some mooks in the finale. 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. 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. 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. March 1, 2014 from the legendary hammer films two new tv spots for thequietones and just over one month until release.
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. Not just weird in the final vampire picture produced by the. Sep 02, 2016 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. John forbesrobertson replaces christopher lee as count dracula. 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. Oct 16, 2009 by the time of the legend of the 7 golden vampires in 1974 hammer studios was dying. The legend of the 7 golden vampires film society of. Download the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974,x264. After learning about the seven golden vampires of the village, hsi ching, vanessa beren and mai kwei offer to guide van helsing and his son to ping kuei to free it from the curse of count dracula. They were on their way out, and the partnership seems like an attempt to stay relevant and afloat in a changing industry. By the time of the legend of the 7 golden vampires in 1974 hammer studios was dying. As far as star power went, the movie boasted the incomparable peter cushing as dr. The legend of the 7 golden vampires original soundtrack.
Subscribe to hammer for all our latest releases and classic clips 1k38x0a available on dvd uk. The legend of the 7 golden vampires 2003 rotten tomatoes. At least that is the sound it makes in my head, because wow is the legend of the 7 golden vampires ever a weird little movie. The legend of the 7 golden vampires cast and crew cast.
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