Bela Lugosi: The Return of Dracula (Patreon)
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1931’s Dracula had made horror one of the most profitable genres in Hollywood and made Lugosi an in-demand star. By 1936 the genre was defunct and the actor struggling for work. The next fifteen years would be the most volatile period of Lugosi’s career and its rises and falls were mirrored by those of the character that made him famous.
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Films in this Review
Dracula's Daughter: Prof. Van Helsing is in danger of prosecution for the murder of Dracula...until a hypnotic woman steals the Count's body and cremates it. Bloodless corpses start appearing in London again, and Hungarian countess Marya Zaleska seeks the aid of Jeffrey Garth, psychiatrist, in freeing herself of a mysterious evil influence. The scene changes from foggy London back to that eerie road to the Borgo Pass...
Son of Dracula: When Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a Pandora's box of horror on unsuspecting relatives and neighbors.
House of Frankenstein: After escaping from an asylum the mad Dr. Niemann and his hunch back assistant revive Count Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Frankenstein monster in order to extract revenge upon their many enemies.
House of Dracula: The Wolf Man and Count Dracula beg Dr. Edelman to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor's nurse.
Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein: The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Return of the Vampire: In 1918, an English family are terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp.
Son of Frankenstein: Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.
Written and presented by Robin Bailes @robinbailes
Directed and Edited by Graham Trelfer
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