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HOUSE OF DRACULA

1945 • US HMDB
December 7, 1945

A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.

Directors

Erle C. Kenton Erle C. Kenton

Cast

John Carradine as Count Dracula

John Carradine

Count Dracula

 Onslow Stevens as Dr. Franz Edelmann

Onslow Stevens

Dr. Franz Edelmann

 Lon Chaney Jr. as Lawrence Stewart Talbot

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lawrence Stewart Talbot

 Martha O'Driscoll as Miliza Morelle

Martha O'Driscoll

Miliza Morelle

 Jane Adams as Nina

Jane Adams

Nina

 Lionel Atwill as Police Inspector Holtz

Lionel Atwill

Police Inspector Holtz

 Glenn Strange as The Frankenstein Monster

Glenn Strange

The Frankenstein Monster

 Ludwig Stössel as Siegfried

Ludwig Stössel

Siegfried

 Skelton Knaggs as Steinmuhl

Skelton Knaggs

Steinmuhl

 Joseph E. Bernard as Brahms - Coroner (uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

Brahms - Coroner (uncredited)

 Dick Dickinson as Villager (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson

Villager (uncredited)

 Harry Lamont as Villager (uncredited)

Harry Lamont

Villager (uncredited)

Robert Robinson

Villager (uncredited)

Anne G. Sterling

Villager (uncredited)

Fred Cordova

Gendarme (uncredited)

Carey Harrison

Gendarme (uncredited)

Gregory Marshall

(uncredited)

 Beatrice Gray as (uncredited)

Beatrice Gray

(uncredited)
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Crew
Production: Joseph Gershenson (Executive Producer) — Paul Malvern (Producer)
Screenplay: Edward T. Lowe Jr. (Screenplay) — Dwight V. Babcock (Story) — George Bricker (Story)
Music: William Lava (Original Music Composer)
Cinematography: George Robinson (Director of Photography)

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Francesco Mirabelli
Francesco Mirabelli •
Larry Talbot goes, accompanied by his friend and "colleague" Dracula, to a scientist (this time it is the right one) capable of curing him of the evil that afflicts him and, despite the assaults of the usual Frankenstein's Creature, he will succeed in returning to normal and leaving with his girlfriend of the moment. A really interlocutory ending for the sequel of "Beyond the Mystery" (1944), which turned out worse than the first and directed again by "kenton" who tries to combine comedy and horror with a poor result. Not even to consider.
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John Chard

John Chard

5 /10

The cure for your ills?

House Of Dracula is out of Universal Pictures and is directed by Erle C. Kenton. It's written by Edward T. Lowe Jr and stars Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Martha O'Driscol, Glenn Strange, Lionel Atwill, Jane Adams & Onslow Stevens.

It's a sequel to House Of Frankenstein that was released the previous year and again sees the three principal Universal monsters (Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula & The Wolf Man) thrust together. Plot basically involves Dracula (Carradine) & Larry Talbot/Wolf Man (Chaney Jr) turning up at Dr. Edelmann's (Stevens) mansion seeking a cure for their respective creature afflictions. Murder, blood and the unearthing of Frankenstein's monster ensues.

It's not even better than House Of Frankenstein, which is fun but disposable, for this is sadly tired and weary. A commercial success at the box office, it marks the last hurrah for Universal's monster pictures before the creatures went off lampooning with comedy duos. The film clocks in at just 67 minutes so with that it doesn't out stay its welcome. While the additions of Adams as a " beautiful" hunchback assistant, and Edelmann going through a Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde like crisis prove to be entertaining ingredients in the bonkers monster stew.

Packed with flaws (both narratively and technically) that smacks of a rushed cash cow job, and unintentionally funny, House Of Dracula is watchable for Universal Monsters purists only. 5/10

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