An egocentric artillery captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress of the coast of Sweden at the turn of the century. Alice, a former actress who sacrificed her career for secluded military life with Edgar, reveals on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary, the veritable hell their marriage has been. Edgar, an aging schizoid who refuses to acknowledge his severe illness, struggles to sustain his ferocity and arrogance with an animal disregard for other people.
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
Famed concert pianist Stephen Orlac survives a plane crash, but his hands are permanently destroyed. Helpful surgeon Volcheff grafts a pair of new hands on the hapless Orlac. Unfortunately, they're the hands of an executed murderer - useless for a pianist, but quite handy for less delicate work...
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.
흡혈귀라 불리는 드라큘라 백작(크리스토퍼 리 분)의 정체를 밝히기 위해 조나단이란 청년이 사서로 취직하지만, 며칠 후에 죽은 채로 발견된다. 의사 반 헬싱(피터 키싱 분)은 친구인 조나단의 일기를 통해 백작의 정체를 알게 되고, 드라큘라 백작의 성으로 향하는데... 트랜실바니아에 실존했다고 하는 드라큐라 백작(Count Dracula)의 전설을 그린 컬러판 최초 작품. 브람 스토커의 유명한 소설을 영화화한 작품으로 벨라 루고시가 출연한 토드 브라우닝의 (1931)보다 원작의 의도에 더 가깝다는 평을 듣는 뛰어난 공포영화 중 한 편이다. 영국 개봉 당시 잔인하다는 이유로 많은 장면이 검열 당했지만 2000년대 중반 BFI(British Film Institute)가 원본의 형태로 복원했다. (2011년 할리우드 저예산 B급영화 기획전)
