The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Hammer Horror meets Chinese Kung Fu cinema.
In 1803, man named Kah awakens Dracula from his slumber and asks him if he could help bringing his masters, The 7 golden Vampires, back to power. Dracula instead decides to take whole operation over and sets out to China. Cut to hundred years later. Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) is lecturing in China, but is about to leave as his vampire theories has been met with disbelief. He then meets Hsi Ching (David Chiang), who tells him of his home village, which under Dracula's and Golden Vampires' terror, and asks his help. Van Helsing agrees and sets out with Hsi Ching's brothers and sister to the village.
Tropes used in The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires include:
- Action Girl: Mai.
- Anticlimax: After the last Golden Vampire is destroyed, Dracula reveals himself, attacks Van Helsing and is defeated immediately.
- The Archer: Kwei.
- Blade on a Stick: Po-Kwei fights with a spear.
- Bilingual Dialogue: Kah speaks Chinese to Dracula, who understands him perfectly.
- Bling Bling Bang: The 7 Golden Vampires use golden swords.
- Body Snatcher: Dracula takes over Kah's body when he decides to go to china.
- Carry a Big Stick: Chi-Tao fights with a spiked club.
- Chinese Vampire
- Clothing Damage: Vanessa goes through some during the Journey to the village.
- Cower Power: Vanessa cower behind Van Helsing during the fight against Leung Hon's mooks.
- Dramatic Thunder: Thunder rolls as Dracula dies in the end.
- Dual-Wielding: Ta uses two axes and Mai uses two daggers.
- Fanservice Extra: The 7 Golden Vampires seem to really prefer their victims topless.
- Gun Struggle: Leyland fights over a knife with one of Leung Hon's mooks.
- Hooks and Crooks: Some of the undead mooks attack Leland with Chinese hook swords.
- Human Sacrifice: The 7 Golden Vampires require sacrifices.
- Kill It with Fire: Prof. Van Helsing kills one of the Golden Vampires with fire.
- Malevolent Masked Men: The 7 Golden Vampires and their mooks.
- Mook Chivalry
- No Immortal Inertia
- Pivotal Wakeup: Used when Kah wakes Dracula.
- Prongs of Poseidon: Some of the undead mooks use tridents.
- Rise from Your Grave: Dracula's undead mooks reside in their graves, until summoned.
- Slashed Throat: Hsi Tien-en, who destrpyed one of the Golden Vampires had his throat cut.
- Staking the Loved One: Hsi Ching is forced to kill Vanessa after she is turned into a vampire.
- Title by Number
- Transhuman Treachery: Vanessa turns pretty fast once she's bitten.
- Who Dares?: Dracula's first spoken lines.
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"Who dares to disturb the sanctity of Dracula?" |
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