One Of Bela Lugosi's Greatest Vampire Scenes Ever ("Return of the Vampire", 1943) (video)

It was up to Columbia studios to cast the great Bela Lugosi...

...in a fitting follow-up to his 1931 "Dracula" for Universal.

While his character here is named Armand Tesla...

...it's as close as Lugosi ever got to a genuine "Dracula" sequel.

Here, Frieda Inescort as a female Van Helsing clashes with Lugosi's vampire.


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One Of Bela Lugosi's Greatest Vampire Scenes Ever ("Return of the Vampire", 1943) (video)

Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "DRACULA" (1931) (video)

Universal's first great horror film of the sound era was 1931's "Dracula."

It made the character an icon...

...and Bela Lugosi shot to stardom in the role.

How much do you remember about it?


Question: The story begins on the evening of what night?

A. All Hallow's Eve
B. Walpurgis Night
C. Night of the Dead
D. Nacht Infernum
E. Blood Moon

Question: Dracula tells Renfield, "The blood is the..." What?

A. Answer
B. Secret
C. Sustenance
D. Life
E. Purpose

Question: Who is Dracula's first victim in London?

A. Carriage driver
B. Flower girl
C. Theater hostess
D. Lucy Westenra
E. Bar maid

Question: Van Helsing frightens Renfield with...what?

A. Latin phrase
B. Crucifix
C. Wooden stake
D. Wolfsbane
E. Mirror

Question: Who lets Dracula into the house the final time?

A. Harker
B. Renfield
C. Maid
D. Orderly
E. Nurse

Question: How is Dracula killed?

A. Sunlight
B. Flaming pyre
C. Wooden stake
D. Incantation
E. He survives


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Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "DRACULA" (1931) (video)

Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN" (1948) (video)

Here's one of the most popular horror-comedies of all time...

...which is beloved by fans of both Abbott & Costello and classic monsters.

How much do you remember about it?


Question: What does Lou swipe from Larry Talbot's hotel room?

A. Banana
B. Pillow
C. Apple
D. Book
E. Hat

Question: What does Bud go to the costume party dressed as?

A. Werewolf
B. Mummy
C. Frankenstein
D. Vampire
E. Ghoul

Question: Who does the Monster hurl through a window?

A. Bud
B. Lou
C. Sandra
D. Dracula
E. The Wolf Man

Question: What does Dracula throw at the Wolf Man?

A. Sword
B. Flowerpot
C. Lamp
D. Doorstop
E. Board

Question: What Universal "monster" makes a surprise appearance at the end?

A. Kharis (The Mummy)
B. Phantom of the Opera
C. Invisible Man
D. Hunchback
E. Son of Dracula


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Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN" (1948) (video)

Man-Bat Transformations in Universal "Dracula" Movies (video)

Once they actually started showing them in Universal's "Dracula" movies...

...the man-bat transformations were pretty impressive.

Most, in fact, were very smoothly done. And all of them were fun.


SON OF DRACULA (1943)
HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944)
HOUSE OF DRACULA (1945)
ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)


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Man-Bat Transformations in Universal "Dracula" Movies (video)

Dracula & Renfield's Duplicate Death Groans (Spanish "Dracula", 1931) (video)

In the Spanish-language version of "Dracula" (1931)...

...the same death groan was used for both Dracula and his minion, Renfield.

Listen when Renfield's body hits bottom.

Now listen to Dracula when he gets staked.

But who groaned first?

It was Bela Lugosi in the English version.


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Dracula & Renfield's Duplicate Death Groans (Spanish "Dracula", 1931) (video)

Lon Chaney Breaks The 4th Wall in "Son of Dracula" (1943) (video)

In this dynamic entrance by Lon in "Son of Dracula"...

...he breaks the fourth wall by turning and glaring directly at us.

His is not only one of the eeriest Draculas...

...but a hostile and ill-tempered one as well.


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Lon Chaney Breaks The 4th Wall in "Son of Dracula" (1943) (video)

How The Frankenstein Monster Was Wasted In "House Of Dracula" (1945) (video)

In Universal's final serious Frankenstein film...

...Glenn Strange's Monster doesn't have much to do.

He gets discovered buried in mud in a cave under Dr. Edelmann's castle.

Then he ends up on a lab table...
...to be revived during the film's finale.

Whereupon he stomps around for a minute or so...
...before being replaced by stock footage of Lon Chaney's Monster from GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN.

Earlier, however, after being infected with Dracula's blood...
...Dr. Edelmann dreams of using the Monster to terrorize the village.

These scenes were actually shot, yet only a few seconds were used.

It's a dreadful waste, and a missed opportunity...
...for a more interesting and eventful storyline for the Monster.

Instead of a rerun of Lon Chaney stomping around in a fire.


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How The Frankenstein Monster Was Wasted In "House Of Dracula" (1945) (video)

Bizarre Floating Coffin Scene From "Son Of Dracula" (Lon Chaney, 1943) (video)

Katherine Caldwell (Louise Allbritton) hastens to a midnight rendezvous...

...with Count Alucard, who is really the vampire Count Dracula (Lon Chaney).

Her intention is to marry him and become an undying vampire herself.

But what really makes the scene memorable is Dracula's floating coffin...

...which he rides to the shore of a lake and into Katherine's arms.


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Bizarre Floating Coffin Scene From "Son Of Dracula" (Lon Chaney, 1943) (video)

What If The Mummy Was In "House Of Frankenstein" (1944)? (video)

"House of Frankenstein" was the first big monster rally...

...with Frankenstein's Monster, The Wolf Man, Dracula...
...and a mad doctor and his hunchbacked assistant.

But missing from this mad mix is Kharis, the Mummy.

What if he'd been part of the action as well?  Hmm...


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What If The Mummy Was In "House Of Frankenstein" (1944)? (video)

The Three Undead Brides Of "Dracula" (Bela Lugosi, 1931) (video)

One of the eeriest aspects of the 1931 "Dracula"...

...is the sight of his three ghostly, cadaverous brides.

Dorothy Tree
Geraldine Dvorak
Cornelia Thaw 

And with the Spanish version of the film...

...comes yet another ghostly trio.


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The Three Undead Brides Of "Dracula" (Bela Lugosi, 1931) (video)

Carlos Villarías As The Spanish "Drácula" (1931) (video)

In 1931, while Universal was filming "Dracula" with Bela Lugosi...

...they also made a Spanish-language version starring Carlos Villarías.

It was filmed at night using the same production elements.
Lost for many years, it was rediscovered and restored in the 1970s.

Director George Melford watched the daily rushes of the Tod Browning version...
...and, it is thought, tried to improve upon his work.

Some consider it to be the superior version.
Others prefer the work of Lugosi and Browning.

The lead performance by Carlos Villarías remains an acquired taste.


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Carlos Villarías As The Spanish "Drácula" (1931) (video)

All The Scary Vampire Scenes From "NOSFERATU: A Symphony Of Horror" (1922) (video)

"Nosferatu" was an unlicensed film adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula."

Count Orlok the vampire was played by an actor named Max Schreck.
Unlike the suave count of later films, Orlock was cadaverous and almost ratlike.

Many consider Shrek to be the most frightening movie vampire of all time.

"Schrek" in German means "terror."

Much of the film's imagery remains unmatched in the annals of horror.

Bram Stoker's wife sued the filmmakers for copyright infringement.
She won the case, and all copies were ordered destroyed.

Luckily for cinema history, some survived.

F.W. Murnau's film went on to become an invaluable classic of screen terror.


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All The Scary Vampire Scenes From "NOSFERATU: A Symphony Of Horror" (1922) (video)

"Ghost of Frankenstein" Ending Reused In "House of Dracula" (video)

At the end of "Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942), Lon Chaney's Monster perishes in a fiery rampage.

In "House of Dracula" three years later, the Monster is played by Glenn Strange...

...but in that film's blazing finale, the Chaney footage from "Ghost" is reused.


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"Ghost of Frankenstein" Ending Reused In "House of Dracula" (video)

The Wolf Man Is Cured: Lon Chaney In "House Of Dracula" (1945) (video)

In Universal's last "serious" film to feature Lon Chaney as the Wolf Man...

...luckless lycanthrope Lawrence Talbot may finally be cured of his curse.


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The Wolf Man Is Cured: Lon Chaney In "House Of Dracula" (1945) (video)

Dwight Frye's 5 Most Unhinged Horror Movie Creeps (video)

Dwight Frye dreamt of someday returning to musical comedy, which he'd performed for years on the Broadway stage.

But this was not to be once he became typecast as one of the screen's leading loons.

Here's are five examples of this...

Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Vampire Bat (1933)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Dead Men Walk (1943)

Dwight Frye died shortly after being cast in a screen biography of Woodrow Wilson.

At the time, he was working as a draftsman for the Lockheed Aircraft Company.

On the death certificate, his profession was listed as "tool designer."

But it is in the horror film where he is truly immortalized.


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Dwight Frye's 5 Most Unhinged Horror Movie Creeps (video)

What Renfield Really Wants in "DRACULA" (1931, English/Spanish) (video)

In both the English language version of "Dracula" (1931) and its Spanish counterpart...

...Renfield's insane laughter causes a hapless sanitarium nurse to faint dead away.

As the deranged fly eater slowly advances on her prone body...

...we fear his intentions.

The English version leaves the rest to our imaginations.

But in the Spanish version...


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What Renfield Really Wants in "DRACULA" (1931, English/Spanish) (video)

The Four Universal DRACULAS (1931-1948) (video)

Bela Lugosi was the definitive Count Dracula in Universal's 1931 classic "Dracula."

The concurrently filmed Spanish version starred Carlos Villarías in the title role.

In 1943's "Son of Dracula", the Count (or his son--fans are still undecided) was played by Lon Chaney, Jr.

John Carradine took over the role in the 1944  monster rally "House of Frankenstein."

Carradine continued as the Count in the 1945 follow-up "House of Dracula."

And in 1948, Bela Lugosi was finally allowed to assume the role once again in the monster comedy "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein."


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The Four Universal DRACULAS (1931-1948) (video)

7 More Goofiest Horror Movie Songs Ever (video)

7 More Goofiest Horror Movie Songs Ever

(Thanks to everyone who contributed with their suggestions)


"Puppy Love" Jerry Blaine (Blood of Dracula, 1957)

"Brownsville Road" Arch Hall, Jr. (Eegah, 1962)

“Shook Out of Shape” Carol Kay & The Stone Tones (The Incredibly Strange Creatures who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies, 1964)

"Yipes Stripes" Kathy Haddad (Teenage Strangler, 1964)

"The Cat Came Back" Sonny James (Hillbillies In A Haunted House, 1967)

"The Blob" The Five Blobs/Written by Burt Bacharach and Mack David (The Blob, 1958)

"Do the Jellyfish" (Sting of Death, 1965)


Thanks to everyone who contributed with their suggestions!


"Yipes Stripes" clip via Something Weird Video

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7 More Goofiest Horror Movie Songs Ever (video)

Black and White Horror Movies With One Color Scene (video)

Black and White Horror Movies With One Color Scene

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Return of Dracula (1958)
How to Make a Monster (1958)
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
The Tingler (1959)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1958)

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Black and White Horror Movies With One Color Scene (video)

Visible Stagehand in "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948)(video)

Bud and Lou find themselves in the dungeon of an old castle...

...along with the Frankenstein Monster and Dracula.

Much of the action involves a secret revolving door in the wall... 
...which is turned from behind by an unseen stagehand.

Except that in one shot, the stagehand isn't quite "unseen."

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Visible Stagehand in "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948)(video)