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Hammer Restores 1958 Dracula in 4K, Adds Cut Gore

5/27/2026

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Hammer Restores Dracula

Hammer Films will re-release the 1958 Horror of Dracula in 4K cinemas this October.
John Gore says the cut restores three minutes removed for gore and Dracula’s death.
Silver Salt Retrieval added a Dracula-biting scene after retrieving missing footage from a Warner Bros. storage site near LAX.
The restored film will appear on home-entertainment formats (dates TBC) as Hammer reviews its catalogue for more vampire, werewolf and mummy titles.

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Warner Bros Restores

Warner Bros supplied archival sources that enabled restoration of footage screened only in Japan in 1958 and never before shown in the UK or US.
Writer Jimmy Sangster, director Terence Fisher and composer James Bernard created the film’s gothic style that defined Hammer horror.
Christopher Lee later played Dracula six more times for Hammer, cementing his link to the character.

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Hammer Restores Dracula

Hammer Films will re-release the 1958 Horror of Dracula in 4K cinemas this October.
John Gore says the cut restores three minutes removed for gore and Dracula’s death.
Silver Salt Retrieval added a Dracula-biting scene after retrieving missing footage from a Warner Bros. storage site near LAX.
The restored film will appear on home-entertainment formats (dates TBC) as Hammer reviews its catalogue for more vampire, werewolf and mummy titles.

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