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House of Dracula

House of Dracula

  • Status: Released
  • 07-12-1945
  • Runtime: 64 min
  • Score: 5.5
  • Vote count: 132

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.

John Carradine

Count Dracula

Onslow Stevens

Dr. Franz Edelmann

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lawrence Stewart Talbot

Martha O'Driscoll

Miliza Morelle

Jane Adams

Nina

Lionel Atwill

Police Inspector Holtz

Glenn Strange

The Frankenstein Monster

Ludwig Stössel

Siegfried

Skelton Knaggs

Steinmuhl

Joseph E. Bernard

Brahms - Coroner (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson

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

(uncredited)

John Chard

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