I’m a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I’ve never seen any of the Dracula movies from Hammer Films. I only recently learned they existed and I had no idea that Christopher Lee (Saruman and Count Dooku??) was originally famous for playing Dracula in multiple movies. And Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin??) was famous for playing Van Helsing in multiple of these movies alongside Christopher Lee.

So I’d like to remedy this mistake by watching whichever Christopher Lee Hammer Films are… I won’t say “good”, but at least the best of what’s available? I have a general impression of what Hammer Films are like after watching Captain Kronos and Vampire Circus so I think I have my expectations set appropriately, but maybe the Dracula movies are legitimately good? I’m looking for some suggestions. I’d hate to randomly pick one of these movies only to discover it’s the worst one.

If anyone needs a reminder, I believe these are all of the Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing Hammer movies:

• Horror of Dracula
• Brides of Dracula
• Dracula: Prince of Darkness
• Dracula has Risen from the Grave
• Taste the Blood of Dracula
• Scars of Dracula
• Dracula A.D. 1972
• The Satanic Rites of Dracula
• Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

So I guess… rank these movies for me? Or at least tell me which one(s) to avoid?