Lon Chaney Jr.
Count Dracula
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Peppered with elements of film noir from director Robert Siodmak, Son of Dracula offers plenty of eerie chills, plot twists, and groundbreaking special effects for its time, including the first ever on-screen transformation of a bat into a vampire.
Synopsis. Kay Caldwell [Louise Allbritton] and Frank Stanley [Robert Paige] have always been in love, even since they were children. But when Kay returns from traveling in Hungary, she seems changed. First, she begins to express a morbid curiosity with the supernatural.
Son of Dracula is a 1943 horror film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lon Chaney Jr. as Count Alucard (Dracula spelled backward) and Louise Allbritton as the woman who becomes his bride. Son of Dracula 1943 was the first Universal horror film to be set in contemporary times, breaking away from the classic gothic settings of its predecessors.
Count Alucard (Lon Chaney) comes out of a lake in his coffin and makes a Southern belle (Louise Allbritton) his bride.
Son of Dracula is a 1943 American horror film directed by Robert Siodmak with a screenplay based on an original story by his brother Curt Siodmak. The film stars Lon Chaney Jr., Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, and Frank Craven. The film is set in the United States, where Count Alucard has just taken up residence.
Son of Dracula (1943) - Film Noir. Son of Dracula (1943) is not a film noir but does belong to the cycle of Universal horror films of the 1930s and 1940s much loved by audiences, aficionados and other knowledgeable persons who enjoy the film productions of the era.
Son of Dracula (1943) directed by Robert Siodmak • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd. 1943 Directed by Robert Siodmak. BLOOD on his lips…! DOOM in his eyes…! an accursed VAMPIRE! Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress.
