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[[Hammer Horror]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] Chinese Kung Fu cinema.
[[Hammer Horror]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] Chinese Kung Fu cinema.
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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.
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.


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* [[Action Girl]]: Mai.
* [[Action Girl]]: Mai.
* [[Anticlimax]]: After the last Golden Vampire is destroyed, Dracula reveals himself, attacks Van Helsing and is defeated immediately.
* [[Anticlimax]]: After the last Golden Vampire is destroyed, Dracula reveals himself, attacks Van Helsing and is defeated immediately.
* [[The Archer]]: Kwei.
* [[The Archer]]: Kwei.
* [[Blade On a Stick]]: Po-Kwei fights with a spear.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: Po-Kwei fights with a spear.
* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]: Kah speaks Chinese to Dracula, who understands him perfectly.
* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]: Kah speaks Chinese to Dracula, who understands him perfectly.
* [[Bling Bling Bang]]: The 7 Golden Vampires use golden swords.
* [[Bling Bling Bang]]: The 7 Golden Vampires use golden swords.
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* [[Cower Power]]: Vanessa cower behind Van Helsing during the fight against Leung Hon's mooks.
* [[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.
* [[Dramatic Thunder]]: Thunder rolls as Dracula dies in the end.
* [[Dual Wielding]]: Ta uses two [[An Axe to Grind|axes]] and Mai uses two [[Knife Nut|daggers]].
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Ta uses two [[An Axe to Grind|axes]] and Mai uses two [[Knife Nut|daggers]].
* [[Fanservice Extra]]: The 7 Golden Vampires seem to ''really'' prefer their victims topless.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Hooks and Crooks]]: Some of the undead mooks attack Leland with Chinese hook swords.
* [[Human Sacrifice]]: The 7 Golden Vampires require sacrifices.
* [[Human Sacrifice]]: The 7 Golden Vampires require sacrifices.
* [[Kill It With Fire]]: Prof. Van Helsing kills one of the Golden Vampires with fire.
* [[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.
* [[Malevolent Masked Men]]: The 7 Golden Vampires and their mooks.
* [[Mook Chivalry]]
* [[Mook Chivalry]]
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* [[Pivotal Wakeup]]: Used when Kah wakes Dracula.
* [[Pivotal Wakeup]]: Used when Kah wakes Dracula.
* [[Prongs of Poseidon]]: Some of the undead mooks use tridents.
* [[Prongs of Poseidon]]: Some of the undead mooks use tridents.
* [[Rise From Your Grave]]: Dracula's undead mooks reside in their graves, until summoned.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Staking the Loved One]]: Hsi Ching is forced to kill Vanessa after she is turned into a vampire.
* [[Title By Number]]
* [[Title by Number]]
* [[Transhuman Treachery]]: Vanessa turns pretty fast once she's bitten.
* [[Transhuman Treachery]]: Vanessa turns pretty fast once she's bitten.
* [[Who Dares]]: Dracula's first spoken lines.
* [[Who Dares?]]: Dracula's first spoken lines.
{{quote| "Who dares to disturb the sanctity of Dracula?"}}
{{quote|"Who dares to disturb the sanctity of Dracula?"}}
* [[The X of Y]]
* [[The X of Y]]


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Latest revision as of 18:33, 10 June 2020

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:

"Who dares to disturb the sanctity of Dracula?"

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