House of Dracula

Watch: House of Dracula

12/7/19451h 4m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ HORROR UPON HORROR in the HOUSE OF DRACULA ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Erle C. Kenton

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Revenue:

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Key words:

vampire
mad scientist
sequel
wolfman
murder
laboratory
mad doctor
werewolf
black and white
hypnotism
hunchback

Cast

John Carradine

~ as ~

Count Dracula

Onslow Stevens

~ as ~

Dr. Franz Edelmann

Lon Chaney Jr.

~ as ~

Lawrence Stewart Talbot

Martha O'Driscoll

~ as ~

Miliza Morelle

Jane Adams

~ as ~

Nina

Lionel Atwill

~ as ~

Police Inspector Holtz

Glenn Strange

~ as ~

The Frankenstein Monster

Ludwig Stössel

~ as ~

Siegfried

Skelton Knaggs

~ as ~

Steinmuhl

Joseph E. Bernard

~ as ~

Brahms - Coroner (uncredited)

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 10 year(s) ago
5
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