USA, 1944
71m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English
An American horror film directed by Erle C. Kenton.
Plot Summary
The insane Dr Niemann escapes his incarceration with his hunchbacked assistant Daniel and revives Dracula who he finds in a travelling sideshow. Before long, he’s tracked down Lawrence Talbot, the Wolf Man, and discovered the remains of the Frankenstein monster both of who he plans to use as instruments of his revenge upon his enemies.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Erle C. Kenton
Copyright MCMXLIV [1944] by Universal Pictures Company, Inc.
Universal presents a Universal picture
Produced by: Paul Malvern
Screenplay by: Edward T. Lowe
Based on a Story by: Curt Siodmak
Assistant Director: William Tummel
Director of Photography: George Robinson
Film Editor: Philip Cahn
Musical Score and Direction: H.J. Salter
Stock Music: Charles Previn *, Heinz Roemheld *, Milton Rosen *, Frank Skinner *, Paul Dessau *
Director of Sound: Bernard B. Brown
Technician: William Hedgcock
Western Electric Recording
Gowns: Vera West
Make-up: Jack P. Pierce *
Special Photography by: John P. Fulton
Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Martin Obzina
Set Decorations: Russell A. Gausman, A.J. Gilmore
Stunts: Carey Loftin *, Gil Perkins *
Cast
Boris Karloff (Doctor [Gustav] Niemann)
Lon Chaney (Larry Talbot)
John Carradine (Dracula)
Anne Gwynne (Rita [Hussman])
Peter Coe (Carl Hussman)
Lionel Atwill ([Inspector] Arnz)
George Zucco ([Professor Bruno] Lampini)
Elena Verdugo (Ilonka)
J. Carrol Naish (Daniel)
Sig Ruman ([Burgomeister] Hussman)
William Edmunds (Fejos)
Charles Miller ([Burgomeister] Toberman)
Philip Van Zandt ([Inspector] Muller)
Julius Tannen (Hertz)
Hans Herbert (Meier)
Dick Dickinson (Born)
George Lynn ([Inspector] Gerlach)
Michael Mark ([Friedrich] Strauss)
Olaf Hytten (Hoffman)
Frank Reicher (Ullman)
Brandon Hurst (Dr Geissler)
Glenn Strange (monster)
Edmund Cobb [Regelsburg coachman] *
Gino Corrado [man in audience] *
Belle Mitchell [Urla] *
Charles Wagenheim [jailer at Neustadt prison] *
Alternative Titles
Al di là del mistero – Italy
Chamber of Horrors – working title
The Devil’s Brood – working title
Dom Frankensteina – Poland
Doom of Dracula – USA (8mm extract)
La zíngara y los monstruos – Spain
Links
Sequel to
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Wolf Man (1941)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Son of Dracula (1943)
Sequels
House of Dracula (1945)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Extracts included in
100 Years of Horror (1996)
Coming Soon (1982)
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Wolfman Chronicles (1991)
References
Periodicals
- American Cinematographer vol.66 no.1 (January 1985) pp.33-41 – illustrated article (Jack Pierce – Forgotten make-up genius by Frank Taylor)
- Castle of Frankenstein no.10 p.44
- House of Hammer vol.1 no.1 (1976) pp.45-48 – illustrated article (Drinkers of blood… Stealers of souls by Steve Moore)
- Journal of Human Relations vol.19 no.1 (1971) pp. 4–17 – article (‘Even a Man Who is Pure of Heart’: The Horror Film as an American Folk-Art by Robert Anton Wilson
- Kine Weekly no.2051 (8 August 1946) – credits, review
- Midi-Minuit Fantastique no.4/5 (January 1963) p.150 – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.13 no.111 – credits, synopsis, review
- Motion Picture Herald vol.157 no.12 (23 December 1944) – review
- New York Motion Picture Critics Reviews vol.1 no.31 (18 December 1944) p.151 – review
- Scary Monsters no.114 (Fall 2019) pp.62-63 – illustrated article (The wolf man’s movie transformations by Ernie Magnotta)
- Starburst vol.5 no.4 (March 1984) pp.31-32 – illustrated article
- Today’s Cinema vol.67 no.5377 (2 August 1946) – review
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.85
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) pp.113-114
- Boris Karloff: A Critical Account of His Screen, Stage, Radio, Television, and Recording Work by Scott Allen Nollen pp.246-251; 385
- Caligari’s Children: The Film as Tale of Terror by Siegbert Solomon Prawer p.192
- Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties by Tom Johnson pp.160, 179, – notes
- Count Dracula Goes to the Movies: Stoker’s Novel Adapted (3rd Edition) by Lyndon W. Joslin pp.179-183
- Cinematic Vampires by John L. Flynn pp.61-63
- A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series by Ken Hanke pp.44-45; 48
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart p.102
- Educational Institutions in Horror Film: A History of Mad Professors, Student Bodies, and Final Exams by Andrew L. Grunzke pp.35-37
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.125
- Fear Itself: Horror on Screen and in Reality During the Depression and World War II by Melvin E. Matthews Jr p.180
- Feature Films, 1940-1949: A United States Filmography by Alan G. Fetrow p.216
- Fright Night on Channel 9 by James Arena p.95
- The Ghost of One’s Self: Doppelgangers in Mystery, Horror and Science Fiction Films by Paul Meehan p.99
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.179
- The Horror Factory by Bruce Dettman and Michael Bedford pp.106-110 – article
- Horrorshows: The A-Z of Horror in Film, TV, Radio and Theatre by Gene Wright p.90 – credits, review
- John Carradine: The Films by Tom Weaver pp.179-182
- The Monster Movies of Universal Studios by James L. Neibaur pp.128-135 – illustrated credits, article
- Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade by Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare, Charlie Ellbé and Kristopher Woofter (eds.) pp.22n12, 104, 148-149, 251n25, 264, 334n12
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.203 – credits
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.133, 190-192
- Sci-fi Chronicles by Guy Haley (ed.) pp.18-19
- Universal Horrors by Michael Brunas, John Brunas, Tom Weaver – article
- Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror by Michael Mallory pp.100-104 – illustrated article
- Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949 by Michael Benson p.152
- The Werewolf Filmography by Bryan Senn pp.113-115
