One of the weaker entries in universals horror film cycle, son of dracula is strictly minorleague, harmless entertainment that never reaches its potential. Feb 16, 2010 watch the clip titled jail for the film son of dracula 1943. Complete legacy collection included dracula 1931, the spanish version of dracula 1931, draculas daughter 1936, son of dracula 1943, house of frankenstein 1944, house of dracula 1945, and abbott and costello meet frankenstein 1948, plus extras. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Son of dracula is a 1943 american horror film directed by robert siodmak his first film for. A movie to read backwards like the name of count alucard.
Son of dracula represents a felicitious creative collaboration between director robert siodmak and his screenwriterbrother curt. This also gives me the excuse to revisit films which i have not seen for some time. Blood on his lips doom in his eyes an accursed vampire carpathian count alucard is invited to the u. Dracula pere et fils is a 1976 french comedy and horror film directed and written by edouard molinaro.
While studying at the lee strasberg theatre institute, he. Atmospheric and often overlooked, this universal chiller costars louise allbritton, evelyn ankers. You know youre in for a rocky ride when the movie never makes it clear if its baddie actually is the progeny of the big man, or if hes drac himself. Christopher lee reprises his role as count dracula from the hammer productions dracula film series. Son of dracula 1943 12 1005 1943 us fantasy, horror 1h 20m user score. Son of dracula 1943 bluray remux 1080p avc dtshd ma 2. Son of dracula 1943 count alucard lon chaney comes out of a lake in his coffin and makes a southern belle louise allbritton his bride.
When alucard dracula approaches the bedroom of colonel caldwell, and transforms from bat to man, both the bat and lon chaney jr. Starr and he were longtime friends, and the exbeatle had recently played drums on nilssons 1972 album son of schmilsson, which had spoofed horror movie motifs. Notably it is the first film where a vampire is actually shown physically transforming. Dracula lon chaney jr prepares to attack frank robert paige in son of dracula universal 1943 grownup in both approach and performances, son of dracula needs reevaluation to give it its rightful place in the annals of not only universal monster history, but the horror film genre as a whole. Region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. Frank is taken to jail, and professor lazlo arrives from hungary to offer his help. Well assuming it is alucard, or dracula, or whoever he calls himself where is frank stanley. To prevent dracula from spreading his influence throughout america, frank and. Download son of dracula 1943 torrent or any other torrent from video movies dvdr direct download via magnet link. Both of these vampiric stories hang on the idea of a vampire searching for a romantic soul mate with whom to spend an eternity in the undead state. But son of dracula the album, selfproduced by harry and ringo, is also interesting as another example of harrys penchant for remixing his own work something he may have been first at when he retooled and rereleased his first two albums as. For unknown reasons, though, hollywoods vampire exploits like dracula 1931, mark of the vampire 1935, draculas daughter 1936 and son.
Rent son of dracula house of dracula 1943 on dvd and blu. Son of dracula represents a felicitious creative collaboration between director. Germany, hong kong, india, indonesia, italy, japan, korea, republic of, kuwait. Son of dracula is een amerikaanse horrorfilm uit 1943, geregisseerd door robert siodmak. Son of dracula trailer directed by robert siodmak and starring robert paige, frank craven, j. Blood on his lips doom in his eyes an accursed vampire. In robert siodmak directed the stylish horror film son of dracula, in which lon chaney, jr. Pdf download draculas vampires and other undead forms.
The undead legendary count has come to america in response to louise allbritton who is a southern belle who dabbles in the occult to the point of morbidity. Europe isnt satisfying his thirst, and he seeks victims among a younger, more vital. Son of dracula soundtrack the official harry nilsson site. Dec 05, 2017 as well as producing son of dracula, starr would appear as merlin the magician, who follows the birth and rise of young count downe, played by nilsson. Son of daughter abdafter the relative pleasures of draculas daughter, we find another vampire feature, 1943s son of dracula. Scan of the original pressbook also known as an exhibitor manual or campaign book for the 1943 universal horror movie son of dracula, which starred lon chaney, jr. I think he has some preconceived idea how dracular in this case son of dracular should be portrayed and in doing so comparing chaney with bela logosi. Whats more, the actual animated transformation is not reflected.
For more information on films featuring the character of dracula, please consult the series index and see the entry for dracula in afi catalog of feature films, 193140. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. Sequel to dracula 1931 draculas daughter 1936 sequels house of frankenstein 1944 house of dracula 1945 bud abbott lou costello meet frankenstein 1948 extracts included in coming soon 1982 dracula. Staked and buried in the closing days of wwi, the vampire armand tesla is freed. Son of dracula is a competent entry in universals cycle of 1940s horrors. Son of dracula lon chaney original mexican lobby card.
Notably it is the first film where a vampire is actually shown physically transforming into a bat on screen. The story is set in the american south, where the mysterious count alucard lon chaney jr. Jan 29, 2011 son of dracula starring lon chaney jr, robert paige, louise allbritton, and evelyn ankers release date. Europe isnt satisfying his thirst, and he seeks victims among a younger, more vital race. Rent son of dracula house of dracula 1943 starring robert paige and louise allbritton on dvd and bluray. Son of dracula 1943 stream and watch online moviefone.
Region code, region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. As lazlo educates brewster about vampires, alucard appears and confirms that he is indeed the son of dracula. Son of dracula is a 1943 american horror film directed by robert siodmak his first film for universal pictures with a screenplay based on an original story by his brother curt. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the virile soil of the new world. This article is within the scope of wikiproject horror, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to fictional horror in film, literature and other media on wikipedia. House of dracula 1945 bluray remux 1080p avc dtshd ma 2. This is the first universal dracula film to take the count out of europe and bring him to.
If you would like to participate, you can edit one of the articles mentioned below, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general project discussion to talk over new ideas. Directed by 1 writing credits 2 cast 25 produced by 3 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 art direction by 2 set decoration by 2 costume design by 1 makeup department 2 second unit director or assistant director 2. Add to favourite favourited add to your hearts remove from hearted report a bug. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of son of dracula with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Feb 16, 2010 the trailer for son of dracula hungarian count alucard, a mysterious stranger, arrives in the u. The only reference to count alucard being the son of dracula comes in the title, as lon chaney jr. Dracula lon chaney jr prepares to attack frank robert paige in son of dracula universal 1943 grownup in both approach and performances, son of dracula needs reevaluation to give it its rightful place in the annals of not only universal monster history, but the horror film genre as a. Son of dracula 1943 tt0036376 carpathian count alucard is invited to the u. As for the plot, im not sure why they didnt just call it dracula returns theres no mention of a son, just count alucard travelling from darkest transylvania to darkest 1943 new orleans, where he comes to life on a swampy plantation, complete with american accent. The undead kay appears to frank whil he is in jail to profess her love. Son of dracula 1943 cast and crew count alucard lon chaney comes out of a lake in his coffin and makes a southern belle louise allbritton his bride.
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