Halloween and Dracula go together like Santa Claus-themed serial killers and Christmas, so it’s no wonder that Hammer Films has slotted its restored version of one of its best vampire films for a theatrical release sometime around October 31st.

John Gore, owner of Hammer Films, the British film company best known for its horror output from the 1950s to the 1960s, told Deadline on Tuesday that Dracula will be restored with three minutes of footage never before seen in the UK or in the US versions of the film, and not released on VHS, DVD or any other home entertainment format.

The recovered material, which was discovered in a Warner Bros warehouse, was only seen by Japanese audiences after Dracula’s 1958 release. It had been excised because it was deemed too violent, too bloody, and too sexual for film audiences, which in Great Britain were limited to adults as the film received an X rating there, meaning no one under 16 could see it.

An extended scene of Dracula descending on a woman before biting her, which was cut for being too sexual, has also been added back to the restored print. Gore said the scene is “so sexual and they had to trim that because it just looked like it was nothing to do with vampires.”

The 4K restoration was handled by Silver Salt Restoration, part of John Gore Studios, which also owns the Hammer Films brand. Gore called it “the recovery of a piece of British film history that audiences believed had been lost forever,” adding, “the world will get to see the bits they weren’t seeing, which is mostly to do with how Dracula dies at the end. All the crucial points that were axed are now back in.”

Dracula starred Christopher Lee as the title vampire along with Peter Cushing and Michael Gough. It was a success when released in England in 1958 and served as a reboot to filmed versions of the classic Bram Stoker tale. Hammer followed Dracula with several sequels, like The Brides of Dracula (1960), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972).

For its United States released, the film was retitled Horror of Dracula to avoid confusion with the Universal Pictures release from 1931 starring Bela Lugosi. But modern audience’s idea of Dracula was formed more by Hammer than Universal, according to Gore.

According to Gore, Dracula director Terence Fisher, working from a script written by Jimmy Sangster, wanted gory spectacle so Hammer decided to highlight Dracula’s fangs. “Think of every Halloween, and you see all those fangs – that’s a Hammer and Christopher Lee invention,” Gore contends.

Dracula (or Horror of Dracula) will have a theatrical showing closer to Halloween and will be available to rent or buy for home entertainment. The release dates have not yet been announced.