Son of Dracula Review

Review of Son of Dracula (1943) by screenqueeen: 👍 3.5/5

23/100

i'd call this kind of cute and a somewhat compelling southern gothic continuation of the universal Dracula story but this is held back by some ineffable committal issues and casual racism it cares not to focus on. Chaney Jr. isn't exactly the most charismatic Dracula there has ever been but it was interesting and... kind of refreshing to see him as pretty much just a regular guy. great dolly shots of him gliding over the swamp/bog/whatever and the final standoff between a re-turned Renfield. Kay was by far the most compelling character as i had no clue whether she was influenced by Drac to string Frank along just for a free human set of hands with the promise of turning him to spend eternity with her, only to deny him at every turn (very Nandor/Guillermo, i know). so that was a nice surprise, as was just looking very respectfully at Louise Allbritton the entire film in her Betty Paige/proto-goth updo..