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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated House of Dracula (1945) in Movies

Jun 18, 2020  
House of Dracula (1945)
House of Dracula (1945)
1945 | Horror, Sci-Fi
8
6.8 (4 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Get The Gang All Together: The Crossover II
House of Dracula- was a direct sequel to House of Frankenstein, and continued the theme of combining Universal's three most popular monsters: Frankenstein's monster (Glenn Strange), Count Dracula (John Carradine), and the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.).

The plot: This monster movie focuses on the iconic vampire, Count Dracula (John Carradine), and Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney), better known as the Wolf Man. Both beings of the night are tired of their supernatural afflictions, so they seek out Dr. Franz Edelmann (Onslow Stevens) for cures for their respective curses. While trying to aid the imposing creatures, Edelmann himself develops a transformative condition, adding to the many ghouls lurking around the foreboding landscape.

The working titles for the film were Dracula vs. the Wolf Man or The Wolf Man vs. Dracula.

Although Glenn Strange appears as the Monster in most of the film, footage of Chaney as the Monster from The Ghost of Frankenstein and Boris Karloff from Bride of Frankenstein was recycled; Karloff appears in a dream sequence, while Chaney, as well as his double Eddie Parker, are seen in footage in a fire scene.

Strange recounts that a scene with the Monster stuck in quicksand was particularly arduous for him. On top of three hours of getting into makeup, Strange spent the rest of the day buried in cold sand, including during the lunch break, and was so cold by midafternoon that he could barely feel his legs. Lon Chaney Jr. attempted to help Strange keep warm by passing him a bottle of scotch, with the result that Strange was so drunk that after getting out of costume and makeup, he had difficulty dressing himself in his street clothes. Chaney's drinking contributed to his reputation as being difficult to work with, and probably was the reason Universal let him go after the film was completed.

The film, which was the seventh Universal film to feature Frankenstein's monster, as well as the fourth with Count Dracula and the Wolf Man, was a commercial success, but was one of the last Universal movies featuring Frankenstein's monster, vampires, and werewolves, with the exception of the comedy Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), in which all three appear.

Its a fun entertaing horror film starring the universal monsters.
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Bubblesreview (110 KP) rated Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1) in Books

Feb 5, 2019  
Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1)
Wolf Brother (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, #1)
Michelle Paver | 2004
10
9.5 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Very descriptive. (0 more)
No bad (0 more)
Fantastic young-adult adventure
In this book you follow Torak, a young boy, who develops an incredible relationship with a wolf pup. Together they go on an amazing adventure. Full of twists and turns. The author is extremely good at descriptive writing, as you read this you can really picture the scenes. This took me 2 days to read, that's how good it is.
  
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DealsWithFate (4 KP) rated Wolf 359 in Podcasts

Jun 10, 2019  
Wolf 359
Wolf 359
Arts
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Podcast Rating
It's an excellent radio play that makes you feel attached to the characters almost immediately. (0 more)
Wolf 359
It's a well-done radio play and quite immersive. It's quite talented, especially considering the small size of the cast and crew. It starts off as a inconsequential workplace comedy but the layers to the plot get introduced throughout the first season, and where you end is not where you began.
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Dana (24 KP) rated Red Riding Hood in Books

Mar 23, 2018  
RR
Red Riding Hood
Sarah Blakley-Cartwright | 2011
4
5.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
I didn't overly enjoy this book. It took until the last quarter of the book to get interesting. I thought it would have more of a resolved ending to it, but unfortunately, it didn't. The readers are forced to then see the movie to get a true resolution. I wish this book would have at least given who the wolf was. We are left with too many options!