Reception
Critical reaction to Dracula AD 1972 has been mixed to negative. Upon the film's release, Roger Ebert gave the film only one star out of four. Dennis Prince of DVD Verdict said, "Dracula A.D. 1972 is definitely one of the weakest installments in Hammer's horror catalog and will likely only have strong appeal to Dracula completists." Eccentric Cinema wrote, " One can have a fun time with this movie — mostly because of its faults. It's cheese all right, professionally made cheese that's much better acted and staged than it really has any right to be."
The Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review called the film "a major disappointment" and "the low-point of the whole Hammer Dracula series" despite "minor positive aspects". George R. Reis of DVD Drive-In wrote, "Considered a low point in Hammer’s roster, Dracula A.D. 1972 is hardly that. ... he film has a number of things going for it. ... Cushing’s exceptional Van Helsing pretty much carries the film. ... Christopher Neame is charismatically evil as Johnny Alucard his stirring fight scene with Van Helsing is a highlight. ... How can Hammer fans not like this stuff?"
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