Long-lost footage from Dracula film found decades after it made audiences faint — now US viewers can see it for the first time
Long-lost footage from the 1958 film 'Dracula' featuring Christopher Lee has been discovered in a Warner Brothers warehouse. This footage, which was deemed too terrifying for audiences at the time, will be included in a new 4K restoration set to be released in theaters this October. The restored film aims to bring back a significant piece of British film history that was thought to be lost forever.
- ▪The footage was cut due to its gory and sexually suggestive content, which caused audiences in Japan to faint.
- ▪The restored version of the film will be released in time for Halloween this year.
- ▪Hammer Films CEO John Gore emphasized the importance of this restoration as a recovery of British film history.
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Entertainment Long-lost footage from Dracula film found decades after it made audiences faint — now US viewers can see it for the first time By Brandon Cruz Published May 31, 2026, 4:45 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Dracula is rising from the dead again. Long-lost footage from a classic 1958 Dracula film with Christopher Lee was found in a warehouse decades after it was cut because early audiences found it so terrifying that they fainted. 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 “Dracula” in the UK but released in the US as “Horror of Dracula,” according to Screen Daily.
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