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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Peeved that a priest has performed an exorcism on his castle, the newly resurrected Count sets his sights, and fangs, on the holy man's niece. Okay, so it's not the most riveting script Hammer ever churned out, but the lack of plot is more than made up for by the director's choice to layer a Bava-esque color scheme over Hammer's already lavish production values. In short, don't fret over the scarcity of story, but rather bask in the glory of Christopher Lee lit in deep oranges, greens, and purples.
TIL: It wasn't until the 1200's that Pope Innocent III declared that white, red, green, purple, and black would be the Church's official liturgical colors. The use of black vestments fell out of use over time though, and finally went missing from the list when Paul VI recodified the allowable liturgical colors in 1969 as white, green, red and purple, with other colors like rose, blue, gold, and black limited to special days. There's no guidelines on specific shades, though, so any priest out there willing to risk laughter by wearing chartreuse, knock yourself out.
now showing at a blog near you: A North Dakota farm girl Saint? Seems that way. For Aleteia this week, I take a look at Radiating Joy - The Michelle Duppong Story, in theaters for one day on November 12.
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