Monster of the Day #2069

Updated on January 31, 2020 By Ken Begg 8 Comments

Is this the first film to bring Dracula into the modern day? Admittedly, we’re talking Movie 50s, so it’s not the most realistic take on ‘modern day’. No, I guess that would be Son of Dracula, although again, that movie maintains a distinct timeless vibe about it.

The Return of Dracula is no classic, but it’s decent enough, and is basically a riff on Hitchcock’s wonderful Shadow of a Doubt–the director’s favorite of his own movies–replacing Joe Cotton with Dracula. There’s a nice print of it available on YouTube. I do wonder how these things don’t get pulled down, but hey, it’s there.

Happy weekend, everyone! I’ll be seeing some of you next week for B-Fest.

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  • Gamera977

    He doesn’t look right without a cape. I swear he’s going to try to sell her some insurance…

  • Beckoning Chasm

    I’m also surprised how many movies are free on YouTube. For a while, you could watch “Night of the Demons” (the cheesy 80’s one with Linnea Quigley and a tube of lipstick). That has since been taken down, though.

  • Gamera977

    Same here. I watched the ‘Doctor Who’ episode ‘Destiny of the Daleks’ a few months ago. Seems that the companies use some sort of automated search engine to find copyright violations.The poster explained by cutting out the intro and screwing with the aspect ratio the engine won’t pick it up.

  • Rock Baker

    There’s also a fine print on MGM DVD paired with another undervalued classic, THE VAMPIRE. My recommendation is to pick it up.

  • Ken_Begg

    Now, that’s scary.

  • Ken_Begg

    Yes, they used to issue dozens of those Midnight Marquee (or whatever) double bill sets and they were great. I must have a dozen or more of them from back in the day.

  • Eric Hinkle

    Have fun at B-Fest, Ken and everyone else attending.

  • I know I’ve seen it, and not that long ago, but very little lingers in memory outside thinking it wasn’t that bad.