Written between Tommy and Altered States, Ken Russell's partially autobiographical re-imagining of Dracula is ready to inspire a whole new generation of artists.
About the Author Ken Russell was a successful photographer before being hired as an independent filmmaker by the BBC.
Between 1959 and 1970 he made thirty-five 35mm films for the BBC that advanced the art of filmmaking in England and which are still mostly unavailable.
He enjoyed worldwide box-office success with Women in Love (1969), The Music Lovers (1970) and Tommy (1975) and, in Britain in the 1970s, he had more number-one hit films than any filmmaker.
Ken Russell made the last great (and least expensive) M.
M musical, The Boy Friend (1971).
His 1971 feature film, The Devils is increasingly recognised as being the boldest and the finest film made by an Englishman.