Taste the Blood of Dracula

Plot:

One of the more accomplished entries in Hammer's Dracula series (which would soon lapse into creative anemia during the 1970s), this fourth installment finds Christopher Lee in top form as the Count, who returns to menacing life after three middle-aged swingers decide to dabble in black magic to bolster their sagging sex lives. Dracula is reborn when the trio's blood-drinking rituals lead to the destruction of his devil-worshipping colleague Lord Courtley (Ralph Bates), whereupon the Count unleashes his deadly wrath on those responsible, even involving members of their families in his scheme of revenge, which culminates in a dramatic finale in a recently reconstructed cathedral. Fine direction from Hammer regular Peter Sasdy enlivens a middling script, and an early appearance from the lovely Linda Hayden (later to star in the eerie Blood on Satan's Claw) is a definite plus.

Cast:

Christopher Lee as Dracula
Geoffrey Keen as William Hargood
Gwen Watford as Martha Hargood
Linda Hayden as Alice Hargood
Peter Sallis as Samuel Paxton
Anthony Higgins as Paul Paxton (as Anthony Corlan)
Isla Blair as Lucy Paxton
John Carson as Jonathon Secker
Martin Jarvis as Jeremy Secker
Ralph Bates as Lord Courtley
Roy Kinnear as Weller
Michael Ripper as Inspector Cobb
Russell Hunter as Felix
Shirley Jaffe as Betty - Hargood's Maid
Keith Marsh as Father
Peter May as Son
Reginald Barratt as Vicar
Madeline Smith as Dolly (as Maddy Smith)
Lai Ling as Chinese girl (as Chai Ling)
Malaika Martin as Snake girl rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Amber Blare as Bordello Girl (uncredited)
Vicky Gillespie as Bordello Girl (uncredited)
June Palmer as Redhead Prostitute (uncredited)