Son of Dracula (1943 film)

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Son of Dracula is a 1943 American horror film directed by Robert Siodmak with a screenplay based on an original story by his brother Curt Siodmak. The film stars Lon Chaney Jr., Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Evelyn Ankers, and Frank Craven. The story takes place in (then) present-day Louisiana, where "Count Alucard" (Chaney) has just taken up residence. Katherine Caldwell (Allbritton), a student of the occult, becomes fascinated by Alucard and eventually marries him. Katherine begins to look and act strangely, leading her former romantic partner Frank Stanley (Paige) to suspect that something has happened to her. Stanley gets help from Dr. Brewster (Craven) and psychologist Professor Laszlo (J. Edward Bromberg), who come to the conclusion that Alucard is a vampire. The film is the third in Universal's Dracula film series following Dracula's Daughter (1936). The film was made under different circumstances than the previous two entries in the series with a new chairman of the Board working...

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