{"id":2439442,"date":"2026-05-31T20:46:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2439442"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:46:38","slug":"long-lost-footage-from-dracula-film-found-decades-after-it-made-audiences-faint-now-us-viewers-can-see-it-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/long-lost-footage-from-dracula-film-found-decades-after-it-made-audiences-faint-now-us-viewers-can-see-it-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-lost footage from Dracula film found decades after it made audiences faint — now US viewers can see it for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dracula is rising from the dead again.<\/p>\n

Long-lost footage from a classic 1958 Dracula film<\/a> with Christopher Lee was found in a warehouse decades after it was cut because early audiences found it so terrifying that they fainted.<\/p>\n

The three-minutes worth of footage, which has never been seen in the US, was found in a Warner Brothers warehouse decades after it was removed from the film, which was called \u201cDracula\u201d in the UK but released in the US as \u201cHorror of Dracula,\u201d according to Screen Daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The footage was cut because it depicted scenes that were too gory and sexually suggestive for contemporary audiences, with viewers in Japan reportedly passing out upon viewing the full-color images. <\/p>\n

Dracula\u2019s 1958 British horror-classic is rising from the dead and sinking its fangs back into theaters this October with a 4k restoration including lost scenes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new 4K version of the film with the restored footage will be hitting theaters right on time for Halloween this year and include the restored scenes, never-before-seen by audiences outside of Japan, in crystal-clear clarity, according to Hammer Films and Silver Salt Restoration.<\/p>\n