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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 (Chaney Jr.) has just taken up ...
With Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton, Evelyn Ankers, Frank Craven. 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.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Robert Siodmak
- 1943-11-05
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.
- Robert Siodmak, Ford Beebe, Melville Shyer
- Robert Paige
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. The film follows the Count as he arrives in the United States to escape his past and continue his vampire ways.
Son of Dracula is a 1943 American horror film directed by Robert Siodmak – his first film for Universal studios – with a screenplay based on an original story by his brother Curt. The film stars Lon Chaney, Jr. and his frequent co-star Evelyn Ankers.
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.
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.
