Taste the Blood of Dracula

Taste the Blood of Dracula
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Sasdy
Screenplay byJohn Elder
Based onCount Dracula
by Bram Stoker
Produced byAida Young
StarringChristopher Lee
Linda Hayden
Anthony Corlan
Geoffrey Keen
John Carson
Peter Sallis
CinematographyArthur Grant
Edited byChris Barnes
Music byJames Bernard
Production
company
Distributed byWarner-Pathé (UK)
Warner Bros. Pictures (US & Worldwide)
Release dates
  • 7 June 1970 (1970-06-07) (UK)
  • 16 September 1970 (1970-09-16) (US)
Running time
95 minutes (UK)
91 minutes (US)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Taste the Blood of Dracula is a 1970 British supernatural horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. Directed by Peter Sasdy from a script by Anthony Hinds, it is the fifth installment in Hammer's Dracula series, and the fourth to star Christopher Lee as Count Dracula, the titular vampire.

Taste the Blood of Dracula was released on a double bill in the UK with Crescendo, another Hammer production. The film reached number-one in the U.S. as part of a double bill with Trog. It was followed by Scars of Dracula, also released in 1970.