Discover the Horror Podcast – Episode 37: Universal’s Dracula Films

February 22, 2023 by Jon Kitley in Discover the Horror Podcast and tagged Bela Lugosi, Dracula, Dracula's Daughter, Gloria Holden, Lon Chaney Jr., Son of Dracula, Universal Classic Monsters, Universal Horror | 2 Comments

Dracula (1931), Dracula’s Daughter (1936), and Son of Dracula (1943). This is the series of films that really created and started what is now known as the Universal Classic Monster films. Dracula came out in Feb. in 1931 and did such business, the studio followed suit with another film. And another. And another.

But are these classics remembered just because of nostalgia, or are they really well-made films that are still effective today and rightly deserve the monster of “classic”? In this episode, we delve into the first three Dracula films and take a closer look at these titles to see if they hold up to us, and even more so, maybe getting you, the listener, interested enough to revisit them along with us!

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New Lugosi and Dracula Books

April 18, 2019 by Jon Kitley in Book News and tagged BearManor Media, Bela Lugosi, Dr. Robert Kiss, Gary D. Rhodes, Monogram Pictures, Robert Guffey, Son of Dracula, The Ape Man, The Corpse Vanishes, Tom Weaver, Voodoo Man | 1 Comment

Thanks to BearManor Media, fans of Bela Lugosi and of Universal’s Son of Dracula just might be adding a couple of new book titles to their library! I know I will be.

The first book, Scripts from the Crypt # 9: Son of Dracula is written by Gary D. Rhodes, Tom Weaver, Dr. Robert Kiss, and Robert Guffey and contains all the wonderful information in this series of books. You’ll get the production history, fun facts, the pressbook, essays by Robert Siodmak and Curt Siodmak, as well as the script! These are great titles when you’re wanting to more about a particular film. You can get the softcover edition for $29.95 or the hardcover edition for $39.95.