At this point, you should probably know the story of Count Dracula as told through Bram Stoker's novel. Jonathan Harker visits Dracula in Transylvania, gets attacked. Dracula moves to London and start preying on Harker's friends. Meanwhile, a doctor named Van Helsing starts putting together the pieces of all the attacks and pointing everyone towards Dracula. Much staking of the undead ensues.
The thing that makes this version unique is Christopher Lee taking on the same story for a second time. Jesse Franco directs this to the best of his ability but the budget undermines the action at times (there is a scene where taxidermy animals attack our heroes and it just looks awful). Klaus Kinski plays Renfield in a series of scenes that seem in no way connected to the main plot until a little bit at the end. Overall, this is well-acted but it seems inessential when there are so many other versions of the Dracula story out there. I find it hard to recommend this one unless you are just a Dracula or Christopher Lee completist.
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