Peter Cushing anchors a seriousness when speaking of the then unseen "horrors" of the film, superbly selling whatever silly dialogue he is forced to utter but even if the intention of the film was something more crap your pants scary, The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires has now turned into something more wonderfully valid. A fast paced piece of exploitation where the plot of seven brothers (and one sister) play well into the genre staples of martial arts as they all carry different weapons. Squaring off against the quite badly done sights of rotting vampires fighting and skipping casually about, it's not a "problem" that the make-up is painfully obvious but the way the hordes walk about is so delightfully charming. There's no hopping here, which could've made for dread, and furthermore there's crudely inserted romance that plays little in the film's favour. Yet it's all so cuddly and loveable (even the bats on strings), with rather wonderful interaction between Cushing and Shaw star David Chiang (who handles his English pronunciation well). Featuring a fair contribution from fight choreographers from Lau Kar-Leung and Tong Gaai and multiple looks at vampire breakdown-effects, the latter is certainly effects work the filmmakers didn't want to NOT showcase. Released as The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula in America and at 75 minutes in length, that edit is sped up into incoherency instead and favours horror/exploitation elements to the point of boredom. Gathering them in an extended opening reel doesn't set the tone. Hong Kong release title was Dracula And The 7 Golden Vampires and the Warner Brothers dvd release under the original title is fully uncut.