in this, his most recent effort.

Both "Dracula, Prince of Darkness," and "The Plague of the Zombies," were produced by Hammer Films, an English-based company that is said to be the world's foremost supplier of quality horror films. Actual production facilities are at the organization's Bray Studios located in the picturesque upper reaches of the River Thames. In this bucolic setting, monsters, vampires and ghouls run amuck in studio-built castles and dungeons to delight and frighten horror film fans throughout the world.

Executives at Hammer Films believe their horror films make for outstanding entertainment, and they argue that their type of film is harmless compared to contemporary pictures that deal in excessive violence and brutality. They maintain that in Hammer Films, the villain always gets his come-uppance, the hero always wins, and since horror films are an escape, people are entertained by them but nobody takes them seriously. After all, they say, who can identify with a vampire?

"Dracula, Prince of Darkness" was produced by Anthony Nelson Keys and directed by Terence Fisher from a script by John Sansom.