Grade: D
Synopsis: A vampire countess (Gloria Holden) believes a physician (Otto Kruger) may be able to cure her blood lust.
Dracula’s Daughter is an ill-conceived sequel to Dracula (1931) that’s chock full of plot holes.
Supposedly picking up right where Dracula left off Van Helsing (still played by Edward Sloan, although his character is now credited as Von Helsing) finds himself under arrest for Dracula’s murder. The first hole pops up right here, as neither John Harker nor Jack Seward are mentioned, let alone present, as Harker was at the end of the original film. MORE »
Posted 804 days ago in Movie Reviews, Universal Monster and Vampire Movies. No responses
Grade: A
Synopsis: The vampire Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi) travels to England and preys on a doctor’s daughter.
Dracula is the vampire movie. Sure, F.W. Marnau’s Nosferatu may have been first, but show 10 people a picture of Lugosi as Dracula next to a picture of Schreck as Orlok and I’ll wager more people recognize Lugosi any day. Hell, half the people probably won’t have seen either film, but they’ll still know Lugosi’s Dracula. MORE »
Posted 844 days ago in Movie Reviews, Bela Lugosi, Universal Monster and Vampire Movies. No responses
Grade: C+
Synopsis: Two porters (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello) become the part-time allies of the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.) in his quest to stop Dracula (Bela Lugosi) from reviving Frankenstein’s monster (Glenn Strange).
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is an enjoyable comedy that also serves as a last hurrah for the Universal monsters. MORE »
Posted 852 days ago in Movie Reviews, Bela Lugosi, Universal Monster, Vampire Movies and Vincent Price. No responses
Grade: B
Synopsis: After the tragic death of his brother, a man (Lon Chaney Jr.) returns home to be with his father (Claude Rains) only to fall prey to a werewolf (Bela Lugosi).
The Wolf Man is the granddaddy of all werewolf movies. It defined the genre, providing the classic blueprint still used today. MORE »
Posted 967 days ago in Movie Reviews, Bela Lugosi and Universal Monster. No responses
