Peter Cushing: 47 Movie Quotes with Audio – Page 2

Updated: Oct 9, 2026

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11 This is more than a superstition. I know. The danger is very real.

As Abraham Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958)

12 Research on vampires. Certain basic facts established. One, light. The vampire allergic to light. Never ventures forth in the daytime. Sunlight, fatal. Repeat, fatal. Would destroy them. Two, garlic. Vampires repelled by odor of garlic.

As Abraham Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958)

13 The power of the crucifix in these cases is two-fold. It protects the normal human being, but reveals the vampire or victim of this vile contagion when in advanced stages.

As Abraham Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958)

14 Established that victims consciously detest being dominated by vampirism, but are unable to relinquish the practice, similar to addiction to drugs.

As Abraham Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958)

15 Ultimately, death results from loss of blood. But, unlike normal death, no peace manifests itself for they enter into the fearful state of the undead.

As Abraham Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958)

16 Can Dracula really be as old as it says here? -We believe it's possible. Vampires are known to have gone on from century to century. Records show that Count Dracula could be 500 or 600 years old.

Abraham Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), Arthur Holmwood (Michael Gough) in Horror of Dracula (1958)

17 You see, a great deal is known about the vampire bat, but details of these re-animated bodies of the dead, the undead, as we call them, are so obscure, that many biologists will not believe they exist.

As Abraham Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958)

18 And we also know that during the day the vampire must rest in his native soil.

As Abraham Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958)

19 Now, when I went to Castle Dracula, a hearse came tearing through the gates. In that hearse was a coffin. I believe it contained Dracula and a bed of his own earth.

As Abraham Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958)

20 I've worked in dozens of tombs. Seems the best part of my life's been spent amongst the dead. But I've never worked in a place that had such an aura of... menace.

As John Banning in The Mummy (1959)