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Release Date: 1944

Cast: Nina Foch, Miles Mander, William Austin, Gilbert Emery, Leslie Denison, Matt Willis, Frieda Inescort, Béla Lugosi

Categories: Movies, Horror, Creature Film

The Return of the Vampire is a horror film released in 1944 by Columbia Pictures. It is in black and white, and describes an Englishwoman's two encounters with a vampire. The first encounter takes place during World War One, and the second during World War Two. The film begins with a voiceover (Miles Mander) announcing that 'the following events are taken from the notes of Professor Walter Saunders of King’s College, Oxford’. The first scene takes place in a mist-shrouded cemetery at night. A werewolf (Matt Willis) enters a tomb and tells his vampire ‘Master’ that it is time for... MORE

The Return of the Vampire is a horror film released in 1944 by Columbia Pictures. It is in black and white, and describes an Englishwoman's two encounters with a vampire. The first encounter takes place during World War One, and the second during World War Two. The film begins with a voiceover (Miles Mander) announcing that 'the following events are taken from the notes of Professor Walter Saunders of King’s College, Oxford’. The first scene takes place in a mist-shrouded cemetery at night. A werewolf (Matt Willis) enters a tomb and tells his vampire ‘Master’ that it is time for him to awake. A hand reaches out of the coffin and lifts the lid. A shadow appears on the wall, and the unmistakable voice of Bela Lugosi asks what happened while he was asleep (Throughout the first half of the film Lugosi remains just a shadow, or a figure in the mist). The werewolf replies that his latest victim has been taken to Dr. Ainsley’s clinic. Baffled by her patient’s anemic condition, Lady Jane Ainsley (Frieda Inescort) has called in Professor Walter Saunders (Gilbert Emery). While they are discussing the patient, two children enter. They are Lady Jane’s son, John, and Professor Saunders’ LESS