This sequel to the house of frankenstein offers an account of a naive scientist onslow stevens who allows count dracula john carradine, the wolf man. Oct 31, 2009 house of dracula kenton, 1945 abbott and costello meet frankenstein barton, 1948 categories. House of dracula 1945 john carradine lon chaney jevons brown. In the case of house of dracula, we have something slightly different deathofgenre disappointment. Count dracula and the wolf man seek a cure for their afflictions. Aug 31, 20 house of dracula is an american horror film released by universal pictures company in 1945. Kentons followup to 1944s house of frankenstein clocks in at a mere 67 minutes take out the credits and its almost down to an hour. House of dracula 1945 trailer part of this weekends creature double feature from march 14, 1981. House of dracula centers on this theme in an interesting way. House of dracula dvd 1945 a real must for horror classic collectors. Dracula 1931 draculas daughter 1936 son of dracula 1943 house of dracula 1945 dracula 1958 count dracula 1970 dracula 1979 bram stokers dracula 1992 movies like house of dracula 1945 youll find out 1940. That piece of dialogu house of dracula 1945 page 76 classic horror film board.
When traveling through classic horror, it is entertaining to categorize the movies by theme and decade. Frankensteins monster glenn strange, count dracula john carradine, and the wolf man lon chaney jr. Kenton on allmovie while house of dracula is far from a classic. The length is probably partially due to the fact that between 1940 and 1946, kenton directed a whopping 20 films and that after 27 in the. House of dracula is noted for its absence of both boris karloff and bela lugosi, two actors who have been in most of the greatest and worst films of the past two decades. With onslow stevens, john carradine, lon chaney jr. Buy house of dracula movie posters from movie poster shop. House of dracula 1945 stream and watch online moviefone. The film, which was the seventh universal film to feature. Dracula count dracula arrives at the seaside visarian home of dr. House of dracula was the third of the monster teamups made by universal during the 1940s.
Of course, we cant expect cgiquality effects in 1945, but house of dracula was obviously made in a hurry and on a tight budget. House of dracula 1945 was the natural result of the success of the previous years monsterthon, house of frankenstein universal were determined to wring every last ounce of mileage out of their staple monsters, a fact which, although it seemed to make much of their combined potential, actually hastened their completely running out of steam. House of dracula 1945 house of dracula 1945 steve bowen. House of dracula 1945 november 1, 2015 november 11, 2019 monsterhunter universal fires up its most popular monsters once more in this, the last of the serious horror movies featuring the frankenstein monster, the wolf man, and dracula.
The results are entertaining, and the story engages with its tale. Discover the world of classic monsters visit the horror encyclopedia here. House of dracula 1945 in the early 1940s, universal tried to boost the box office of its fading horror movie franchise of the preceding decade by putting various combinations of its famous monsters into single movies, rather like a gothic version of the marvel mashup the avengers 2012. Dvd cover design may change due to manufacturer and may have korean on it. Frankensteins undead creation, and larry talbot together on screen once again. House of dracula 1945 official trailer movie hd youtube. House of dracula 1945 is part 4 of 8 in the dracula series. Dracula wants edelmann to go with him to see something in the castles basement.
Everything becomes lazy, strange surrealities emerge because of inconsistency, and actions, characters and lines seemed to be a slight parody, creating an unease. It was a direct sequel to house of frankenstein, and continued the theme of combining universals three most popular monsters. House of dracula kenton, 1945 abbott and costello meet frankenstein barton, 1948 categories. Count dracula john carradine, and lawrence talbot aka the wolfman lon. Compounding the dubious notion that dracula and talbot would, without prior coordination, seek a cure from the same doctor and time their. Feb 20, 2014 count dracula and the wolf man seek a cure for their afflictions. The cast includes a mad scientist karloff, the wolf man chaney, count dracula john carradine, a. You forgot to mention the medical explanation of vampirism, wich was so cheap. Kenton, house of dracula was the sequel to universals house of frankenstein 1944 and used the same technique of essentially a monster mash with many of the universal monsters. 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 wolfman larry talbot and of vampirism in count dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with dracula.
Dracula appears in his bat form outside the window of a woman. Essentially a sequel to 1944s house of frankenstein, house of dracula picks up introduces us to dr. Despite the focus on our favorite vampire, house features a mess of other monsters as well. House of dracula 1945 universal original publicity picture. Frankensteins monster glenn strange, count dracula john carradine and the wolf man lon chaney, jr. Kenton, written by curt siodmak, and produced by universal studios as a sequel to frankenstein meets the wolf man and son of dracula the previous year. Whether or not either one of them could have brought any weight to anchor this film is moot as the rally franchise ended for two long years after this. According to the universal film script series entry for house of dracula, the film grew out of an earlier script, the wolf man vs. John carradine as count dracula,not quite christopher lee,but then who is. Original title house of dracula 1945 universal studios. At the climax, villagers attack the house and the wolf man kills a large number of. House of dracula was released in 1945 and stands as a sort of swan song for the fabled universal monster franchise.
He goes downstairs, enters, and introduces himself as baron latos to dr. House of dracula 1945 official trailer movie hd subscribe to classic trailers. Im going to have to say those ratings are about right. Complete legacy collection which has dracula 1931 on one bluray, draculas daughter 1936 and son of dracula 1943 on one bluray, house of frankenstein 1944 and house of dracula on another bluray, and abbott and costello meet frankenstein 1948 by itself plus extras. One thing you certainly cant complain about with house of dracula is that it is too long. Lon chaney jnr, john carradine, onslow stevens, lionel atwill, martha odriscoll, jane adams, glenn strange. This is still good watching though for the wolfman,lon chaney jnr,the role was most definitely his alone and as always he shines. House of dracula movie posters from movie poster shop. Released 1945, house of dracula stars lon chaney jr. It was a direct sequel to house of frankenstein and continued the theme of combining universals three most popular monsters.
In addition to glenn strange, boris karloff plays the monster in footage lifted from bride of frankenstein 1935 and the climax uses scenes of both lon chaney jr. House of dracula is an american horror film released by universal pictures company in 1945. In a desire to reach beyond the creatively limited formulas of each monsters individual story arc, universal had first paired the frankenstein monster and the wolfman larry talbot in frankenstein meets the wolf man 1943 and then added dracula to the mix for house of frankenstein 1944. House of horrors 1946 house of the seven corpses 1974.
House of dracula 1945 page 76 classic horror film board. Directed by erle c kenton, house of dracula stars onslow stevens, john carradine and lon chaney jr. Fantasy, horror, scifi 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 wolfman larry talbot and of vampirism in count dracula, but himself becomes afflicted. The house of dracula 1945 ultimate guide is a magazine guide to the universal horror movie starring lon chaney jr, john carradine and onslow stevens. House of dracula is a fitting conclusion to these rally films because it just seems like they stopped. House of dracula has been ranked 6929 times, wins 40. On the other hand, the werewolf transformations are handled extremely well. Dear fritz, well, by the time house of dracula rolled around, larry talbots onetrickpony was primed to just cut to the chase. This helps in processing any trends and eras which might assist in framing multiple films. House of dracula 1945 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It is said to be a sequel to house of frankenstein 1944, but its more like a rehash. The first of these allstar ventures, frankenstein meets the wolf man 1943, pitted the frankenstein. All worldwide region free 0 you can paly this dvd on all dvd players. House of dracula makes creative use of the jekyllhyde formula, but fails to sufficiently integrate the titular character into yet another narrative featuring both frankensteins monster and the wolf man.
One of the last entries in the series of films launched by 1931s classic dracula, 1945s house of dracula comes with a slightly misleading title. It was a direct sequel to house of frankenstein, and. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Kenton stitching together recognizable plot threads in order get dracula, dr. Aug 24, 2016 house of dracula was released in 1945 and stands as a sort of swan song for the fabled universal monster franchise. At the same time, both count dracula and the wolfman, larry talbot, arrive at the sanitarium of dr franz edelman in vasaria, seeking a cure for their various afflictions. Overview of house of dracula, 1945, directed by erle c. Count dracula and the wolf man seek cures for their afflictions. House of dracula is also included in universals 4 disc dracula.
Freddy, this movie is suppose to be a great throwdown between all the monsters, but nothing much happens in that sense. House of frankenstein, house of dracula finds erle c. Oct 23, 2016 house of dracula makes creative use of the jekyllhyde formula, but fails to sufficiently integrate the titular character into yet another narrative featuring both frankensteins monster and the wolf man. The house of frankenstein is a 1944 american monster crossover horror film starring boris karloff and lon chaney jr. Theyre all here the wolf man, dracula, frankensteins monster, angry. Matt willis as the werewolf andreas seeks the help of frieda innescourt in return of the vampire.
House of dracula actually features four different actors in the role of the frankenstein monster. Kongo 1932 kuroneko 1968 kwaidan 1964 mad monster party. House of dracula is a 1945 american monster crossover horror film released by universal pictures. House of dracula dvd 1945a real must for horror classic collectors. This sequel to the house of frankenstein offers an account of a naive scientist onslow stevens who allows count dracula john carradine, the wolf man lon chaney jr. The opening shot features one of the most obvious rubber bats on strings this side of sctv. House of dracula 1945 ultimate guide magazine classic. Count dracula and the wolf man seek cures for their. House of dracula 1945 john carradine lon chaney youtube. Edelmann, a wellknown expert in psychiatry who lives in a castle in visaria. Creature double feature roundup house of dracula 1945. Dracula, a proposed followup to frankenstein meets the wolf man 1943 in which talbot lon chaney jr.
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