Any fan of the Dracula movies will certainly find this one entertaining and watchable with a good cast headed by LON CHANEY, JR., looking more distinguished than usual as Count Alucard with his eye on making LOUISE ALBRITTON his plantation wife so he can inherit Dark Oaks.
ROBERT PAIGE, reliable Universal contract player, and EVELYN ANKERS, as Albritton's sensible sister, along with FRANK CRAVEN as a concerned doctor, head the supporting cast. Chaney, unfortunately, is more stiff than comfortable in the role of the vampire count, reciting his lines with a monotonous tone to convey mystery but coming off as sounding foolish rather than sinister. There have been better Draculas, in other words.
The plot thickens as Craven and Paige attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery with the help of a professor who specializes in studies of vampires (J. EDWARD BROMBERG). Together they join forces to destroy Dracula.
Summing up: Nice, atmospheric little thriller from Universal on a B budget directed at a brisk pace by Robert Siodmak.
ROBERT PAIGE, reliable Universal contract player, and EVELYN ANKERS, as Albritton's sensible sister, along with FRANK CRAVEN as a concerned doctor, head the supporting cast. Chaney, unfortunately, is more stiff than comfortable in the role of the vampire count, reciting his lines with a monotonous tone to convey mystery but coming off as sounding foolish rather than sinister. There have been better Draculas, in other words.
The plot thickens as Craven and Paige attempt to get to the bottom of the mystery with the help of a professor who specializes in studies of vampires (J. EDWARD BROMBERG). Together they join forces to destroy Dracula.
Summing up: Nice, atmospheric little thriller from Universal on a B budget directed at a brisk pace by Robert Siodmak.