Shout Factory gives one of Bela Lugosi's best films of the 1940s the Blu-ray treatment with their release of THE RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE.
This 1943 movie from Columbia has been categorized by some as nothing more than a copy of the Universal horror style. In many ways, though, it's more notable than read more
The Anti-Damsel Blogathon is a celebration of empowered women in classic film history--and there are a lot more of them than most people generally assume. It is my belief that movie actresses had a far better range of roles available to them in the '30s and the '40s than they do today.
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Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 26, 2013
This Columbia production directed by Lew Landers puts Bela Lugosi back into a vampire’s cape and fangs, but The Return of the Vampire (1944) is not exactly a success when it comes to following up on the iconic Dracula (1931). Despite a number of inspired elements, the film fails with its two m read more
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 26, 2013
This Columbia production directed by Lew Landers puts Bela Lugosi back into a vampire’s cape and fangs, but The Return of the Vampire (1944) is not exactly a success when it comes to following up on the iconic Dracula (1931). Despite a number of inspired elements, the film fails with its two m read more
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 26, 2013
This Columbia production directed by Lew Landers puts Bela Lugosi back into a vampire’s cape and fangs, but The Return of the Vampire (1944) is not exactly a success when it comes to following up on the iconic Dracula (1931). Despite a number of inspired elements, the film fails with its two m read more
The Return of the Vampire is an interesting, WWII-set take on the overdone vampire genre that gets point for having a female Van Helsing character. Sorry, I can’t say Van Helsing; due to legalities with the Stoker estate, even though this is an obvious continuation of the Dracula franchise &# read more
