Hammer restores Dracula in 4K with long-lost footage

26 May 2026 · Screen Daily

Tim Dams

Bram Stoker Estate account · Original source: English

Estate summary

Tim Dams reports plans for a 4K restoration of Hammer’s 1958 Dracula by Hammer Films and Silver Salt Restoration in partnership with Warner Bros. The announcement describes the reinstatement of footage from the original Japanese release and an intended October cinema and home-entertainment launch.

Source notes and excerpts

See Hammer’s collector’s edition page for release information.

Tim Dams’ report was published on 26 May 2026. Its October release dates were plans announced at that time. The accompanying image is a contextual frame from the 1958 trailer, rather than a still from the restoration.

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Related illustration: Peter Cushing as Van Helsing in the trailer for Dracula (1958).Hammer Films / Universal-International; trailer still via Wikimedia Commons.