The Return of the Vampire (1944)

Directed by

Lew Landers

Genre

horror film, vampire film, monster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 70 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A vampire named Armand Tesla returns to haunt an Englishwoman named Lady Jane Ainsley. He first appears during World War I and then again during World War II.

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What happens

The Return of the Vampire is a 1943 American horror film directed by Lew Landers and starring Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Miles Mander, Roland Varno, and Matt Willis. Its plot follows a vampire named Armand Tesla, who has two encounters with Englishwoman Lady Jane Ainsley, the first taking place during World War I, and the second during World War II. The Return of the Vampire is not an official sequel to the 1931 Universal Pictures film Dracula (which starred Lugosi as the eponymous vampire), but the film has been interpreted by cultural historian David J. Skal as an unofficial follow-up, with Lugosi's character renamed only because the film was not produced by Universal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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