Le Retour de Dracula

Titre original : The Return of Dracula

1958
PG
1h 17min

NOTE IMDb

5,7/10

1,6 k

MA NOTE

Norma Eberhardt, Francis Lederer, Ray Stricklyn, Virginia Vincent, and John Wengraf in Le Retour de Dracula (1958)

After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.

Lire trailer2:01

1 Video

30 photos

Vampire Horror Drama Horror Mystery Romance Thriller

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAfter a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

NOTE IMDb

5,7/10

1,6 k

MA NOTE

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

County Clerk
(non crédité)

Joseph Hamilton

Man Reporting Murder at Station
(non crédité)

Robert Lynn

Dr. Paul Beecher
(non crédité)

John McNamara

Sheriff Bicknell
(non crédité)

Belle Mitchell

Cornelia
(non crédité)

Norbert Schiller

Bellack Gordal
(non crédité)

Charles Tannen

Mack Bryant - Dept. of Immigration
(non crédité)

Histoire

Modifier

Le saviez-vous

Modifier

Anecdotes
Ray Stricklyn noted in his autobiography "Angels & Demons" that co-star Norma Eberhardt had one blue eye and one brown eye. If you look carefully at a few of her close-ups, even in this black-and-white film, you can notice the difference.

Gaffes
When Count Dracula enters Rachel's bedroom the first night as she sleeps, he tells her to remove her cross, and she pulls it off, breaking the chain. But the next morning, when picking it up off the floor where it fell, the chain is one continuous, latched loop.

Citations
[first lines]
narrator: It is a known fact that there existed in Central Europe a Count Dracula. Though human in appearance and cultured in manner, he was in truth a thing undead... a force of evil... a vampire. Feeding on the blood of innocent people, he turned them into his own kind, thus spreading his evil dominion ever wider. The attempts to find and destroy this evil were never proven fully successful, and so the search continues to this very day.

Connexions
Edited into FrightMare Theater: The Return of Dracula (2017)

Bandes originales
DIES IRAE
(from Gregorian Chants)
Arranged by Gerald Fried

Avis des utilisateurs60

Commentaire à la une

7/10

"I have come to bring you Death."

Posing as a foreign relative, Count Dracula moves to an idyllic 1950s American town to look for a fresh batch of victims. Other than the odd hours he tends to keep, the family he's moved in with doesn't suspect anything out of the ordinary. They explain away his eccentricities to either being tired or his European heritage. But a couple of unusual deaths in the small town catch the eye and attention of an investigator hot on Dracula's trail. Can he track down Dracula before anyone else dies?

I've got to agree with several of the other comments on IMDb - The Return of Dracula is one spooky and fun little movie. It's also a real under-seen gem from the 50s that deserves a much wider audience. The movie's got a lot more atmosphere going for it than most of the other, cheaply made, b-type films of the period. Francis Lederer is suave and creepy enough to pull off the role of Bellac Gordal aka Dracula. There were at least two instances where I nearly jumped out of my skin as the camera panned to find Lederer. The score is another contributing factor to the eeriness of the movie. It hits all the right notes (pun intended). But my favorite moment in The Return of Dracula has to be the staking scene. It may go by quickly, but it's awesome. I won't spoil for those who haven't seen it, so I'll just say that it's one of those unexpected moments that make discovering these oddball 50s movies such a blast.