{"id":776546,"date":"2026-09-20T06:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776546\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T06:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T06:50:10","slug":"hammer-horror-classic-dracula-returns-to-bradford-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/776546\/","title":{"rendered":"Hammer horror classic Dracula returns to Bradford in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Pictureville Cinema in Bradford will host the Northern UK premiere of Hammer Films\u2019 1958 Dracula on October 15 as part of a special Halloween season presented in partnership with Hammer Films.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The screening at Pictureville marks the start of a full programme of horror, including a selection of Hammer classics and cult favourites throughout October.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for the National Science and Media Museum said: &#8220;The National Science and Media Museum\u2019s Pictureville Cinema in Bradford is collaborating with Hammer Films for a Halloween season of iconic horror, bringing the studio\u2019s films together with the museum\u2019s own extensive horror collection.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Dracula screening will include after-hours access to the museum\u2019s Sound and Vision galleries, which house Christopher Lee\u2019s original fangs from the film.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  VIP ticket holders will also be offered a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum\u2019s Ashton and Leakey collection, which is not currently on public display.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As part of the wider Halloween programme, Pictureville will also screen Monster Mash: Four Monsters That Changed Horror, curated by writer and film critic Christina Brennan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This series will feature films such as Frankenstein (1931), The Thing (1982), and Re-Animator (1985).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pictureville Cinema in Bradford will host the Northern UK premiere of Hammer Films\u2019 1958 Dracula on October 15&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-776546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}