The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (Chinese: 七金屍) is a 1974 martial arts horror film. The film opens in 1804, when seven vampires clad in gold masks are resurrected by Count Dracula, played by John Forbes-Robertson. A century later, Peter Cushing as Professor Van Helsing, known in the world for his exploits with Dracula, is recruited by a man and his seven siblings after giving a lecture at a Chinese university to take on the vampires. The film is a British-Hong Kong co-production between Hammer Film Productions and Shaw Brothers Studio.
The film was shot between October 22 and December 11, 1973 at Shaw Brothers Studios in Hong Kong, where Chang Cheh was hired to direct further... |