
Count Alucard finds his way from Budapest to the swamps of the Deep South after meeting Katherine Caldwell, of the moneyed Caldwell clan that runs a plantation called Dark Oaks. She's obsessed with occult matters. Who better to guide her through this supernatural world than Count Alucard, whose name no one bothers to spell backwards? No one, that is, except the wily Dr. Brewster, an old family friend. He'll join Professor Lazlo, a specialist in the occult, in fighting this "A... (Full plot summary below)
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Count Alucard finds his way from Budapest to the swamps of the Deep South after meeting Katherine Caldwell, of the moneyed Caldwell clan that runs a plantation called Dark Oaks. She's obsessed with occult matters. Who better to guide her through this supernatural world than Count Alucard, whose name no one bothers to spell backwards? No one, that is, except the wily Dr. Brewster, an old family friend. He'll join Professor Lazlo, a specialist in the occult, in fighting this "Alucard" and the woman he's influenced. Or has Katherine influenced him? Meanwhile, Katherine's fiancé, Frank Stanley, will find his courage and his sanity sorely tested when he accidentally shoots Katherine to death, yet finds that she goes on living.
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| Movie ChambersPaul ChambersA tedious tale with perhaps the worst performance ever in a film by Lon Chaney, Jr. A fencepost has more charisma than Chaney as Count Alucard. Painfully slow and awkward. |
| eFilmCritic.comDavid CorneliusAll 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. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceChaney 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 |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewThe 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. |
| New York TimesA.H. WeilerDespite 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. |
| User ReviewPrivate UChaney is very underrated in his performance. One of the 40's Universal's that has a good plot, music, acting, atmosphere all in one. Chaney's Alucard is a precursor to Christopher Lee's 'angry' vampire. |
| User Reviewhopper knot as good as dracula and dracula's daughter i found, but still pretty good. |
| User Review3 0i seen it many years ago and very liked but i couldn`t see the end of film, unfortunatly... i would like to see it again... |
| User ReviewLeonard DIf you like good horror movie. See this one. It is a classic |
| User ReviewJason Hthe effects were good for that time, but lon channey could've done better. |