He Turned Innocent Beauty Into Unspeakable Horror.
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way.
Director
Terence Fisher
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Screenplay
Jimmy Sangster, Peter Bryan, Edward Percy
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Top billed cast
Peter Cushing, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur, Freda Jackson, David Peel
Production companies
Hotspur Film Productions Ltd., Hammer Film Productions
Keywords
parent child relationship, castle, vampire, boarding school, vampire hunter (slayer), gothic horror, cult film, school teacher, van helsing, vampirism, 19th century
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