Taste the Blood of Dracula

Taste the Blood of Dracula
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Sasdy
Screenplay by	John Elder
Based on	Count Dracula by Bram Stoker
Produced by	Aida Young
Starring	Christopher Lee Linda Hayden Geoffrey Keen Gwen Watford
Cinematography	Arthur Grant
Edited by	Chris Barnes
Music by	James Bernard
Production company	Hammer Films
Distributed by	Warner-Pathé (UK) Warner Bros. Pictures (US & Worldwide)
Release date	7 May 1970 (1970-05-07) (UK)
Running time	91 minutes (cut, US) 95 minutes (uncut, UK)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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. The film also features Geoffrey Keen and Gwen Watford.

Taste the Blood of Dracula was released on a double bill alongside Crescendo, another Hammer production. It was followed by Scars of Dracula, also released in 1970.

The film reached number-one in the U.S. in November 1970, only as part of a double bill with Trog.^[1]