Son of Dracula (1943)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 14
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 5
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Son of Dracula represents a felicitious creative collaboration between director Robert Siodmak and his screenwriter-brother Curt. The story is set in the American south, where the mysterious Count Alucard (Lon Chaney Jr.) has recently taken up residence. Katherine Caldwell (Louise Allbritton), a student of the occult, is fascinated by Alucard, so much so that she agrees to become his wife. But when Katherine begins to look and act strangely, her former suitor Frank Stanley (Robert Paige)
Nov 5, 1943 Wide
Cast
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Lon Chaney Jr
Count Alucard -
Robert Paige
Frank Stanley -
Louise Allbritton
Katherine Caldwell -
Evelyn Ankers
Claire Caldwell -
Frank Craven
Dr. Harry Brewster -
J. Edward Bromberg
Prof. Lazlo -
Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Simmons -
Adeline de Walt Reyn...
Madame Zimba -
Pat Moriarity
Sheriff Dawes -
Etta McDaniel
Sarah -
George Irving
Col. Caldwell -
Charley Bates
Tommy Land -
Joan Blair
Mrs. Land -
Jess Lee Brooks
Steven -
Cyril Delevanti
The Coroner -
Robert Dudley
Kirby -
Sam McDaniel
Andy -
Charles R. Moore
Mathew -
Jack Rockwell
Deputy Sheriff -
Walter Sande
The Deputy Sheriff -
Emmett E. Smith
Servant
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All Critics (14) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (5) | DVD (14)
It's a good entry of its type.
Top CriticDespite all the accepted props, from the lonely Southern plantation set in a miasmic bog to the squeaking bats and creaking coffins, this thriller is a pretty pallid offering.
The script is far from wonderful, and offers Siodmak little to get his teeth into, notwithstanding a beautifully atmospheric first entry for the Count (Chaney and coffin rising from the misty depths of a lake) and an effective finale.
Chaney is the least magnetic actor to don the Universal cape and fangs, though Siodmak rolls with it and surveys the studio's vampiristic paraphernalia with humorous verve
While it is quite silly and suffers from one of the worst casting decisions in the 33 year history of the classic Universal horror, Son of Dracula is actually halfway decent.
Done in by a weak script.
Aside from the big hole named Chaney in the middle of the film, this is one of the most interesting ... entries in Universal's long-running series of monster movies.
All you have to do is get past the clumsiness of Lon Chaney, Jr., in the lead role, and you're off to enjoying one more of Universal's dependably enjoyable monsterfests.
They should have stopped at #2
The supporting cast, the direction and the musical score help, but Chaney is a serious stumbling block.
A sequel with some bite to it.
Tired and dreary, the youngest of the Count's clan fails to measure up to his classic dad and his older sister.
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Foreign Titles
- Son of Dracula (1943) (DE)
- Son of Dracula (1943) (UK)
