Hammer’s 1958 classic Dracula, starring Christopher Lee as the Count and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, is returning to cinemas after three minutes of censored footage, never-before-seen outside of Japan’s original theatrical release, were recovered from a Warner Bros. warehouse.

Released in the US as Horror of Dracula, Terrence Fisher’s film was the first Dracula movie in full colour, and one of the first to popularise the cinematic image of the Count with sharp teeth—at Lee’s insistence.

As John Gore, owner of the Hammer Horror Films label, tells Deadline, the 4K restoration will reinstate footage that was deemed too “gruesome” or “sexual” by censors of the time. The scene where Dracula (Christopher Lee) bites Lucy (Carol Marsh) was originally trimmed for its sexually suggestive nature and will be extended. “It’s so sexual and they had to trim that because it just looked like it was nothing to do with vampires,” he says.

Gore also elaborated on how the cut was recovered. “So Warner Brothers, they have this massive, massive storage near LAX where everything from the 1920s onwards is there. I mean, there’s like 10 Batmobiles and God knows what. And they found the director’s cut of the original 1958 Dracula. So we will be unlocking that and the world will get to see the bits they weren’t seeing, which is mostly to do with how Dracula dies at the end.”

The uncensored Dracula 4K restoration will make its worldwide home entertainment debut and play in UK cinemas this October. Hammer commented the following below their Instagram post announcing the project: “For now we can only confirm UK screenings yes, but please know we are very aware of US appetite. We can’t make promises, but we’re working on it.”