Countess Dracula

Countess Dracula is a 1971 Hammer horror movie. It is based on Countess Elisabeth Bathory-Nadasdy and her alleged crimes in late 16th and early 17th century Hungary. In it she kills young women to look young again by bathing in their blood. Countess Nadasdy is played by Ingrid Pitt in the movie. Other characters include her lover and henchman Captain Dobi, Captain Imre Toth a soldier for her late husband who she tries to seduce by pretending to be her daughter, and Fabio, her court historian who begins to suspect her and Dobi.

Pitt became a kind of cult icon for her role in this movie.

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Category:1971 horror movies
Category:1970s serial killer movies
Category:Biographical movies
Category:British horror movies
Category:English-language movies
Category:Hungarian movies
Category:Movies about abduction
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Category:Movies set in Europe