DRACULA, 1931, Universal, 75 min. Director Tod Browning and actor Bela Lugosi established the Transylvanian count as one of the archetypal movie vampires and a monster icon for Universal Studios’ golden era of classic horror films. Real estate agent Renfield (Dwight Frye) goes insane after visiting Dracula at his Transylvanian castle and is thereafter confined to a London asylum, though he does the Count’s bidding as a hypnotized slave when Dracula comes to Britain and moves into the deserted Carfax Abbey.
HOUSE OF DRACULA, 1945, Universal, 67 min. Dir. Erle C. Kenton. Both Talbot and Count Dracula (John Carradine) desire a cure for their afflictions, and secure the help of renowned scientist Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens) and his hunchbacked nurse (Jane Adams). Complicating matters are the suspicions of beautiful nurse Martha O’Driscoll and police inspector Lionel Atwill, and the discovery of the dormant Frankenstein monster (Glenn Strange) in a sea cave!