Review Son of Dracula (1943)

Doctor Omega

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chainsaw_metal1

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Cheney gives a good performance, but he really isn't believable as an aristocrat. While Dracula's Daughter took place right after Dracula (which was supposed to take place in the late 19th century, but in the sequel, the male lead is driving in a car from the 1930s, but never mind that), it really is its own movie. Yes, we still have Van Sloan as Van Helsing, but that film goes against type, and is an enjoyable, atmospheric, surrealistic movie. Son of Dracula is just the Vamp in a tux again, doing how he do. It's a good movie, and a lot of fun, but a missed opportunity, I think.
 
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And definitely not to be confused with this (which I have been aware of, but tracked down today)

Son of Dracula is a British musical comedy film, starring Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr, produced by Starr and released in 1974 by Apple Films. It is also the title of a Harry Nilsson album released in conjunction with the movie.

Son of Dracula was made during a period when Starr, in between occasional single releases and session work, was concentrating on film-making and acting. Two movies in which he had starred, 200 Motels and Blindman, had been released at the end of 1971, and before starting on this one, he had just finished work on his directorial debut, the T. Rex documentary Born to Boogie.

As well as producing Son of Dracula, Starr would appear as Merlin the Magician, who follows the birth and rise of young Count Downe, played by Nilsson. Starr and he were longtime friends, and the ex-Beatle had recently played drums on Nilsson's 1972 album Son of Schmilsson, which had spoofed horror movie motifs. A few months after those sessions, in August 1972, Starr decided to make a rock and roll Dracula movie (originally titled Count Downe),[1] and invited Nilsson to come on board. At first, Nilsson thought the whole idea must have come from his recent album; as it turned out, Starr had not followed its release, and until then-wife Maureen brought him a copy, he did not even know that Son of Schmilsson had already used a similar theme.


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johnnybear

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I've always wondered if Chaney was the original Count Dracula in another body or just looks different or is his son or just a descendent? It's pretty vague really and John Carradine isn't Dracula in the next two House films as such. He introduces himself as Baron Latos and is resuscitated by Dr.Niemann (Boris Karloff) from a sideshow event where his remains are described as Dracula's but after his demise is then exposed to the rays of the sun, the wily Baron returns without explanation in the next movie apparently seeking a cure for vampirism and taking in a few disciples too along the way!
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