Loved the transformation scenes, but some of the dialogue was just terrible. Plus I’m of the camp that isn’t sold on Lon Chaney, Jr. as Dracula.
Son of Dracula
BLOOD on his lips...! DOOM in his eyes...! an accursed VAMPIRE!
Rating
2.5 (1)
Release Date
10/20/1943Runtime
80 minsGenres
Overview
Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$10,000,000Revenue
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How It Feels
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A moody Gothic transplant where European vampire mythology crashes into American Gothic swamplands, building dread through atmosphere and tragic romance rather than spectacle. The film unfolds as a quiet nightmare of seduction and doom, where desire and darkness become indistinguishable.
Mood
Dread-soakedUnsettlingMournful
Themes
GriefLoveObsessionMortality
Look
Black and whiteFormalistHigh-contrast
Heads up
Graphic violence
Lon Chaney Jr.
Count Dracula, alias Count Alucard
Robert Paige
Frank Stanley
Louise Allbritton
Katherine 'Kay' Caldwell
Frank Craven
Dr. Harry Brewster
J. Edward Bromberg
Professor Lazlo
Pat Moriarity
Sheriff Dawes
Evelyn Ankers
Claire Caldwell
Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Simmons
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Madame Queen Zimba
George Irving
Colonel Caldwell
Etta McDaniel
Sarah
Charles Bates
Tommy Land (uncredited)
Reviews
Dracula (Universal) Collection
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