Christopher Lee is excellent as Dracula, bringing to the character
a genuine menace, which is both sophisticated and brutal (which
was lacking from Lugosi's performance). Many women apparently fainted
in the cinema either from fear or sexual tension during the bedroom
scene! Peter’s character, Van Helsing, is a man of single
purpose in his quest to rid the world of Dracula; he as ever brings
a great deal of charm, grace, and incredible professionalism to
his role. Peter Cushing was a committed Christian and thought out
his career he got to play a variety of roles – seldom was
he at such ease playing good against evil. Michael Gough is reliably
good as Arthur Holmwood, brother of Lucy; Dracula's main object
of desire. You may remember Gough better as Alfred the butler in
the more recent Batman films.