What is Countess Dracula?
{{Infobox movie | name = Countess Dracula | image = | caption = Film poster | director = [[Peter Sasdy]] | producer = [[Alexander Paal]] | writer = [[Jeremy Paul]] | starring = [[Ingrid Pitt]] | music = [[Harry Robinson (musician)|Harry Robertson]] | cinematography = [[Kenneth Talbot]] | editing = [[Henry Richardson (film editor)|Henry Richardson]] | distributor = [[Hammer Film Productions]]<br />[[Warner Bros.]] | released = {{Movie date|1971|1|31}} | runtime = 93&nbsp;minutes | budget = | country = United Kingdom | language = English }} '''''Countess Dracula''''' is a 1971 [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] [[horror movie]]. It is based on [[Erzsébet Báthory|Countess Elisabeth Bathory-Nadasdy]] and her alleged crimes in late 16th and early 17th century [[Hungary]]. In it she [[serial killer|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 [[Seduction|seduce]] by pretending to be her daughter, and Fabio, her court historian who begins to suspect her and Dobi. Pitt became a kind of [[Cultural icon|cult icon]] for her role in this movie.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/countess_dracula/ |title=Countess Dracula|work=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb title|0065580}} <!--[[Category:British serial killer movies]]--> <!--[[Category:Infidelity in movies]]--> [[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]] [[Category:Movies about dysfunctional families]] [[Category:Movies set in Europe]] {{movie-stub}}