House of Dracula (1945)

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"House of Dracula (Erle C. Kenton, 1945) "

My Top 20 Halloween Favorites: Werewolves (20 movies items)

"  Beginning with the House series, Universal Studios has moved their monster movies from fright more towards formula. Whereas their first horror films were driven by instilling fear into their audiences, now they were driven by their fans wanting to see their top trio of terror, Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and the Wolfman, all together in one big “monster mash”. The first to get a “House” was Frankenstein’s Monster in House of Frankenstein. The second was Dracula in, o"

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"  With the release of House Of Frankenstein from the year before, the good Count probably figured that if his ol' patchwork pal could have a place to call his home, why couldn't the Master of all Vampires? So, obviously, in 1945, we have House of Dracula, a direct sequel to HoF. And just like at Frankie‘s address we have the whole gang of Universal's macabre membership present and accounted for, all under one roof.   In this particular mash up 'o' monsters, both Drac and the Wolfman are look"

My Top 275 Favorite Horror Movies of All Time (275 movies items)

"   As I already mentioned in an earlier entry, back in 1944, Universal Studios released the latest monster mash up movie called House of Frankenstein.  It did well enough that, for their next film, they decided that if the flat-headed fiend can have a place to call his own, then why not the King of all bloodsuckers. So, obviously in 1945, came House of Dracula, a direct sequel to HoF. And just like Franky's house, the whole gang of Universal's macabre membership were all present and accounted"

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"  When you make a monster mash up movie called House of Frankenstein, how do you follow up its success with a sequel?Easy.  If you’re gonna give the Frankenstein Monster a house in the first film, then it only makes sense that you give Count Dracula a house to call his own. Then you follow up the formula of the first film by filling it in with a group of houseguests that includes fellow universal monster superstars the Wolfman and Frankie himself. And to separate the second installment from"

My Top 20 Halloween Favorites: Frankenstein (20 movies items)

"With House Of Frankenstein from the year before, the Count probably figured that if the ol' patchwork monster could have a house, why couldn't the Master of all Vampires? So, obviously we now have House of Dracula, a direct sequel to HoF. And just like Franky's house, the whole gang of Universal's macabre membership are present and accounted for. However, with the novelty of the morbid motley crew beginning to wear thin, this is one of the last times we get to see the monsters mashing it up in "