[1] Whilst travelling through Eastern Europe, a businessman named Weller is thrown from his carriage during a struggle and knocked unconscious.

Shortly after, Weller sees a caped figure screaming in agony with a large crucifix impaling him from the back.

The gentlemen turns out to be Lord Courtley, who was disinherited by his father for celebrating a Black Mass years ago.

Meanwhile, Hargood, a drunk, treats his daughter Alice harshly, furious that she continues to see Paul, Paxton's son.

Realizing she is a vampire, Secker tries to stake her, but Paxton shoots him in the arm, forcing him to flee, and weeps over the body.

He bars the door at the church with a cross and clears the altar of Black Mass instruments, replacing them with the proper materials.

He climbs the balcony and throws objects at Paul and Alice, before backing into a stained glass window depicting a cross.

Overwhelmed by the power of the newly re-sanctified church, Dracula falls to the altar and dissolves back into dust.

Variety wrote that director Peter Sasdy had directed his first feature film "effectively, leavening stock situations with the occasional shock twist, and has kept the Dracula pix atmosphere well."

"[5] The Monthly Film Bulletin called it "absolutely routine Hammer horror, except that the script is even more laboured than usual.

"[6] John C. Mahoney of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film was "superior in production, performance, story and atmosphere to the recent Dracula Has Risen from the Grave.

[10] On 6 October 2015, the movie was released in a Hammer collection pack on Blu-ray along with Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, and The Mummy.