What happens when you mix the all out action of a Shaw Brothers kung fu flick with the talkiness of a typical Hammer studios Dracula movie? Well, you get this movie which is a pretty mixed-up affair. The kung fu scenes, as expected, are awesome but unfortunately they're interrupted by long stretches of boring talky talk plot building stuff which drags everything down in my opinion. Peter Cushing does a good job playing his typical Van Helsing character but some of the other white characters seem totally out of place amidst all the martial arts mayhem on display. An interesting experiment in mixing two completely different genres that I don't think works all that successfully. You do get some super bright 70's blood spilled here and there and some refried-bean-faced vampire monsters, so that's cool. An all out fight-fest Shaw Bros. vampire flick would probably be more to my personal liking. Check it out for something different though.
My thoughts exactly
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