Dracula

moderate violence, bloody images, horror

Director(s)Terence Fisher

Production year1958

Release date17/10/2026

Genre(s)Fantasy, Horror

Approx. running minutes82m

CastPeter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh

Dracula

moderate violence, bloody images, horror

A vampire hunter travels to the castle of a Transylvanian count in search of his missing apprentice in this horror film ...

A vampire hunter travels to the castle of a Transylvanian count in search of his missing apprentice in this horror film from 1958.

violence

threat and horror

drugs

injury detail

language

sex

discrimination

nudity

moderate violence, bloody images, horror

Classified Date:

07/10/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

violence

Wooden stakes are hammered into vampires' hearts, resulting in spurts of blood and aftermath sight of stakes protruding from bloody chests. Further violence includes strangulation sequences, vampire bites, and a scene in which a vampire is forced into the sunlight to die.

threat and horror

Scenes of moderate supernatural horror include vampire attacks, as well as a sequence in which a dying vampire disintegrates into dust and bone.

drugs

The effect of vampires on their victims is compared in one scene to drug addiction.

injury detail

There are occasional images of bite wounds, burns, blood splatters and bloody mouths.

additional issues

There is some moderate threat created through the Gothic nature of the story.

Contains moderate gory horror

Classified Date:

06/08/2013

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

BFI Films

violence

There is occasional sight of blood, including when a vampire is killed using a stake. In one sequence a vampire is caught in sunlight and we see his transformation into ash, but this is brief and some of the effects may appear dated to contemporary audiences.

additional issues

There is some moderate threat created through the Gothic nature of the story.

Contains mild bloody horror

Classified Date:

08/08/2007

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

BFI (UK Wide)

violence

additional issues

There is some moderate threat created through the Gothic nature of the story.

Classified Date:

21/04/1958

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Prods Ltd

Cuts:

This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.

moderate violence, bloody images, horror

Classified Date:

04/09/2026

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

violence

additional issues

There is some moderate threat created through the Gothic nature of the story.

Classified Date:

02/01/2013

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Lions Gate Home Entertainment UK Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

BFI VERSION

Contains moderate gory horror

Classified Date:

04/12/2012

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Lions Gate Home Entertainment UK Ltd

Classified Date:

13/01/2003

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

UKVV

Classified Date:

27/02/1997

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

28/08/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

Classified Date:

19/08/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

Classified Date:

20/07/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

Classified Date:

16/10/2007

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

BFI (UK Wide)

Paperwork Remarks:

1958 - HAMMER VERSION

Classified Date:

09/08/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

13/10/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

Classified Date:

10/01/2013

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Lions Gate Home Entertainment UK Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional Material Audio Commentary with Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby

Classified date07/10/2026

LanguageEnglish

violence

threat and horror

drugs

injury detail

language

sex

discrimination

nudity

Director(s)Terence Fisher

Production year1958

Release date17/10/2026

Genre(s)Fantasy, Horror

Approx. running minutes82m

CastPeter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh

moderate violence, bloody images, horror

Classified Date:

07/10/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

violence

threat and horror

Scenes of moderate supernatural horror include vampire attacks, as well as a sequence in which a dying vampire disintegrates into dust and bone.

drugs

The effect of vampires on their victims is compared in one scene to drug addiction.

injury detail

There are occasional images of bite wounds, burns, blood splatters and bloody mouths.

additional issues

There is some moderate threat created through the Gothic nature of the story.

Contains moderate gory horror

Classified Date:

06/08/2013

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

BFI Films

violence

additional issues

There is some moderate threat created through the Gothic nature of the story.

Contains mild bloody horror

Classified Date:

08/08/2007

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

BFI (UK Wide)

violence

additional issues

There is some moderate threat created through the Gothic nature of the story.

Classified Date:

21/04/1958

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Prods Ltd

Cuts:

This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.

moderate violence, bloody images, horror

Classified Date:

04/09/2026

Version:

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

violence

additional issues

There is some moderate threat created through the Gothic nature of the story.

Classified Date:

02/01/2013

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Lions Gate Home Entertainment UK Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

BFI VERSION

Contains moderate gory horror

Classified Date:

04/12/2012

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Lions Gate Home Entertainment UK Ltd

Classified Date:

13/01/2003

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

UKVV

Classified Date:

27/02/1997

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

28/08/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

Classified Date:

19/08/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

Classified Date:

20/07/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

Classified Date:

16/10/2007

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

BFI (UK Wide)

Paperwork Remarks:

1958 - HAMMER VERSION

Classified Date:

09/08/2002

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Warner Home Video Ltd

Classified Date:

13/10/2026

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Hammer Film Holdings Limited

Classified Date:

10/01/2013

Version:

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Lions Gate Home Entertainment UK Ltd

Paperwork Remarks:

Additional Material Audio Commentary with Marcus Hearn and Jonathan Rigby

Classified date07/10/2026

LanguageEnglish