DRACULA THE MESSIAH - PART THREE, THE SEDUCER
Following the original Bram Stoker novel very closely, this is part three of ‘The Four Gospels of Dracula the Messiah’, covering the part of the story from when Dracula arrives in England to the death and burial of Lucy Westenra.
This dramatic and moving chapter can be viewed as a stand-alone film. It shows Dracula’s (Philip Blair) effect upon Lucy Westenra (Olga Brook), her mother Mrs Westenra (Rudi Davies) and her friend Mina Harker (Charlotte Rogers); we see the bewilderment of Lucy's fiancé Arthur Holmwood (Gareth McChlery) as he struggles to keep Lucy alive. We also meet Dracula's apostle, the lunatic Renfield (Kevin McMonagle) who is in the insane asylum next door to the Westenra household. This is also the part of the story where we meet Dr. Van Helsing (played by Mick Ford) and see the continuation of the story of the prostitute Lilith (Åslög Von Roos) who has been sent in a box by Dracula to the Satanist Mr Hawkins (Simon Usher), Jonathan Harker’s employer. The development of the religious and philosophical ideas in the film, as well as its genuine descent into the underworld of lust and living death, make this film one of the most fulfilling, serious and thoughtful of all Dracula films
UK 2020 Gregory Motton 84m
