House Of Dracula features John Carradine once again as the eternal count from Transylvania who is seeking out scientist Onslow Stevens who is reputed to be experimenting with things beyond the grasp of accepted science. Kind of like Dr. Frankenstein and along the way Stevens finds the body of the Frankenstein monster which he decides to tinker with in his spare time.
Not that he'll have much spare time because Lon Chaney, Jr. as Lawrence Talbot the famed Wolfman also comes knocking on Stevens's door looking for a cure as well. Chaney is all right of course except when the moon is full and he's not under lock and key.
As we see hanging around all this concentrated evil has its affect on Stevens. Who and what turns him to the dark side is what you watch the film for.
Fans of Universal's classic Gothic horror will be well pleased with House Of Dracula. Lionel Atwill is back as a police inspector with two functioning arms this time. And Stevens has a brace of beautiful nurses in Martha O'Driscoll and Jane Adams. Both Adams and O'Driscoll had modeling backgrounds and Adams's beauty shows through even though she plays a hunchback. Just the girl for J. Carrol Naish from the previous Universal all star monster flick House Of Frankenstein.
I know I was pleased with the film even though the cycle was running down some.
Not that he'll have much spare time because Lon Chaney, Jr. as Lawrence Talbot the famed Wolfman also comes knocking on Stevens's door looking for a cure as well. Chaney is all right of course except when the moon is full and he's not under lock and key.
As we see hanging around all this concentrated evil has its affect on Stevens. Who and what turns him to the dark side is what you watch the film for.
Fans of Universal's classic Gothic horror will be well pleased with House Of Dracula. Lionel Atwill is back as a police inspector with two functioning arms this time. And Stevens has a brace of beautiful nurses in Martha O'Driscoll and Jane Adams. Both Adams and O'Driscoll had modeling backgrounds and Adams's beauty shows through even though she plays a hunchback. Just the girl for J. Carrol Naish from the previous Universal all star monster flick House Of Frankenstein.
I know I was pleased with the film even though the cycle was running down some.