The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1974 Hammer Horror film directed by Alan Gibson. It is the eighth film in the Hammer Dracula series, and the seventh and final to feature Christopher Lee as Dracula. The film also the third film to reunite Peter Cushing as Van Helsing with Christopher Lee together since Horror of Dracula , and Dracula A.D. 1972 . A Secret Service agent barely escapes from an English country house, in which satanic rituals are celebrated. Before he dies of his wounds, he reveals to his superiors that four prominent members of society - a government minister, a peer, a general... and a famous scientist - are involved in the cult, led by Chin Yang . In order to avoid any reprisals by the minister, the secret service call in Scotland Yard's Inspector Murray to work on the case independently. Murray suggests consulting noted occult expert Professor Lorrimar Van Helsing . The cult kidnaps the Secret Service secretary Jane , who is later bitten by Dracula .
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| Release date: | January 13, 1974 |
| Directed by: | Alan Gibson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 87 Minutes |
| Producer: | Roy Skeggs |
| Music by: | John Cacavas |
| Screenplay by: | Don Houghton |
| Genre: | Thriller |