Continuity mistake: Helen attacks Diana in Dracula's castle and is burned by Diana's crucifix. In a jumble of shots Helen reacts to the burn; Diana is seen holding up the cross, then not holding up the cross, and then holding it up again. (00:59:20)
Dracula Prince of Darkness (1966)
1 continuity mistake
Directed by: Terence Fisher
Starring: Christopher Lee, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews
Genres: Horror
Factual error: At the end, during the master wide shot of Diana and Shandor (C19 characters) standing over the castle moat, there is a modern aeroplane's vapour trail high above their heads.
Charles Kent: Guess who?
Diana Kent: Horace Peabody.
Charles Kent: Right first try.
Diana Kent: Did you enjoy your port, cigars and man's talk?
Charles Kent: No, not very much, but then, you know, it takes female company for me to sh... who's Horace Peabody?
Diana Kent: An old beau of mine. Before your time, darling.
Charles Kent: There was no before my time. You were a schoolgirl in pigtails.
Diana Kent: Even schoolgirls have their moments.
Trivia: In an interesting possible predictor of the future, the British husband and wife heroes of this British film are named Charles and Diana.
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