![]() ![]() When them vampires attack, whoa mama, them kung-fus begin kung-fu'in'. In tow, Van Helsing has his son Leyland (Robin Stewart), an ancillary white woman named Vanessa (Julie Ege), a capable fighting co-investigator named Hsi Ching (David Chiang), and a pretty kung-fu fighting bodyguard named Mei (Shih Szu). #FLYER DESIGNER FOR BONNAROO MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL MOVIE#The bulk of the movie is Van Helsing traveling the Chinese countryside looking for the nest of the seven Golden Vampires (who are never united in the same room they only ever attack in groups as big as three). This movie is one luchador and one kaiju away from being perfect. Oh yes, and this film features copious amounts of nudity, as young Chinese women are stripped for Dracula's delight and sacrifice. The seven Golden Vampires also have control over the dead, so there is also an army of skeleton warriors to deal with.Īnyone else think this sounds awesome? Dracula kung-fu is awesome. When he's awakened by a traveling peasant (Chan Shen), Dracula takes possession of his body, and goes about conducting a ritual to resurrect the seven Golden Vampires, a group of kung-fu fighting, mask-wearing, blood-drinking Chinese mummies. It turns out Dracula (played briefly by John Forbes-Robertson, not nearly as imposing as Christopher Lee) has been hiding out in China. Van Helsing is called to China to track down some recently-appeared supernatural monsters. I think this Van Helsing is supposed to be a new character, although he could very well be either of the Van Helsings from the previous two movies. ![]() Van Helsing has been named Abraham, Laurence, Lorrimer, and other things over the course of this series. As such, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires is not so much a horror film as an out-and-out kung-fu flick that just happens to incorporate Peter Cushing as Prof. ![]()
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