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Son of Dracula

1943 | NR | 1 Hour 20 Minutes | Horror | Universal

Director: 

Robert Siodmak

Writers: 

Eric Taylor 

Curt Siodmak 

Stars: 

Lon Chaney Jr.

Robert Paige

Louise Allbritton

Synopsis:

Count Alucard finds his way from Budapest to the swamps of the Deep South after meeting Katherine Caldwell, of the moneyed Caldwell clan that runs a plantation called Dark Oaks. She's obsessed with occult matters. Who better to guide her through this supernatural world than Count Alucard, whose name no one bothers to spell backward? No one, that is, except the wily Dr. Brewster, an old family friend. He'll join Professor Lazlo, a specialist in the occult, in fighting this "Alucard" and the woman he's influenced. Or has Katherine influenced him? Meanwhile, Katherine's fiancé, Frank Stanley, will find his courage and his sanity sorely tested when he accidentally shoots Katherine to death, yet finds that she goes on living.

Son of Dracula is the first film to features the man-into-bat transformation ever seen on camera. In "Dracula (1931)" no transformations were shown on screen. Both John Carradine and Bela Lugosi would get similar treatment over the next five years. This is also one of a few "Universal" horror movies to feature a downbeat ending.

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