Released in 1944, possessing an all-star horror cast, and followed the following year by "House Of Dracula," this was Universal coming to the end of its horror phase, a stature it would not gain till around 1954 with "The Creature From The Black Lagoon."
The first horror cycle ended, in 1948, with "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," which was shown earlier this month. "House Of Frankenstein" I have not seen since I was a child, and features what I believe is Glenn's Strange first shot at playing the Frankenstein monster.
The all-star cast is priceless, but the standout is Elena Verdugo! Remember her as Nurse Consuelo on "Marcus Welby, M.D.," back in the 1970's? Well, here she is; who knew she had done horror movies, much less anything else?
John Carradine plays the most erudite Dracula, ever. He is still trying to maintain his dignity as an actor, but he did have a family to support!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope you will support us all, including Baby Gojira, Pippin, and Kerwyn, as we all take this in, tomorrow evening.
And hope Svengoolie soon shows "Curucu, Beast Of The Amazon."
I DO remember Elena as nurse Consuelo!!
ReplyDeleteRobert Young passed away over twenty years ago, but Elena lived into her nineties!!
Victoria,
ReplyDeleteHad no idea she lived that long.
She was very good in the movie.
I must check and see how many more
she made.