{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fd77337c08ac45a2c50d003/5ff202786fc04712fabd27cb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"1 - Dracula AD 1972","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fd77337c08ac45a2c50d003/1609695850085-e8fab669124166cdf2c24a7cf64db86f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Ross, Jon and James discuss:</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Dracula AD 1972</strong></p><p>from Hammer</p><p>Available to buy or rent on Amazon and Apple in the UK.</p><p><br></p><p>The seventh Hammer film featuring the count, and the sixth to star Christopher Lee as the count. Featuring the return of Peter Cushing as Van Helsing for the first time since The Brides of Dracula in 1960, and was the first to feature both Lee and Cushing in their respective roles since Dracula in 1958.</p><p><br></p><p>In 1872, Dracula and his nemesis Van Helsing battle on the top of a runaway coach. The carriage crashes and Dracula is impaled by one of the wheels and Van Helsing collapses and dies from his own wounds. A century later, Jessica Van Helsing, descendant of Dracula's old nemesis, attends a black magic ceremony in which Dracula is resurrected and plans to take his revenge on the Van Helsing family by turning Jessica into a vampire...</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Something Horrific: </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Ghosts, from the BBC -</p><p>https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00049t9/ghosts</p><p><br></p><p>Ghostland, Edward Parnell</p><p>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghostland-Haunted-Country-Edward-Parnell/dp/000827195X</p><p><br></p><p>Signalman - Ghost Stories, from the BBC: The Signalman</p><p>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Stories-BBC-Signalman-Stigma/dp/B0083HHSZC/ref=pd_sbs_74_3/259-9200382-6269051</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Ross, Jon & James | Exploring Cult British Horror Films, TV & Books"}