The Return of the Vampire

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6.2/10

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Bela Lugosi and Nina Foch in The Return of the Vampire (1943)

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When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heartWhen an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heartWhen an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heart

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

2.9K

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See production info at IMDbPro

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Bela Lugosi

Armand Tesla

Frieda Inescort

Lady Jane Ainsley

Nina Foch

Nicki Saunders

Roland Varno

John Ainsley

Miles Mander

Sir Frederick Fleet

Matt Willis

Andreas Obry

Ottola Nesmith

Elsa Walter - Governess

Gilbert Emery

Dr. Walter Saunders

Leslie Denison

Detective Lynch

William Austin

Detective Gannett

Jeanne Bates

Miss Norcutt
(uncredited)

Billy Bevan

Horace - Civil Defense Worker
(uncredited)

Sydney Chatton

Peters - Desk Clerk
(uncredited)

Sherlee Collier

Nicki as a child
(uncredited)

Frank Dawson

Old Man
(uncredited)

Harold De Becker

Civil Defense Worker #2
(uncredited)

Donald Dewar

John as a Child
(uncredited)

Jean Fenwick

Girl on Street
(uncredited)

Director
- Lew Landers
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User reviews81

Featured review

A very good 40's vampire movie

Bela Lugosi stars as Armand Tesla vampire, but this is the only movie I've ever seen that had a talking werewolf who carries the vampire's laundry in a package tied up with string. This was the only bad part of an otherwise very good 40's vampire movie. I'll give it an A.

jrcindy2000
Mar 12, 2003
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Trivia
Columbia Pictures originally intended this film as a direct sequel to Dracula (1931), also starring Bela Lugosi, but when Universal threatened a plagiarism suit, Columbia went ahead and made the film anyway but changed the names of the characters to avoid any connection with "Dracula". It also held back its release for two months so as not to compete with Lon Chaney Jr.'s Le Fils de Dracula (1943).

Goofs
The story is inconsistent as to whether Nicki Saunders is Dr. Saunders' granddaughter or daughter.

Quotes
Narrator: [Opening lines before main title] The imagination at times sees the fantastic and the grotesque. that the imagination of man can soar into the stratosphere of fantasy is attested by the...
[main title]
Narrator: The Return of the Vampire.

Alternate versions
There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "I VAMPIRI DI PRAGA" (1935) (La marque du vampire (1935)) + "IL RITORNO DEL VAMPIRO" (1943) - (2 Films on a single DVD). Languages: English Subtitles: Italian (Forced) Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (Adapted to 16/9 Pillarbox format) Extras: DNA Trailers The film has been re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.