The return is the premiere episode of the second season of the cw television series, the vampire diaries and the 23rd episode of the series overall. Spain has used the bf 109 and its derivatives longer than any other country, since the debut of the me 109b during the civil war in 1937. With bela lugosi, frieda inescort, nina foch, roland varno. It is often considered his unofficial sequel to dracula. The return of the vampire 1943 official trailer youtube. The return of the vampire is a horror film released in 1943 by columbia pictures.
Looking much too frail to be a credible threat, bela lugosis voice and mannerisms leave no doubt what character hes really playing. Apr 21, 2012 in italy, the vampire phenomenon took on a modern identity when a vampiric plague hit serbia and other lands in eastern europe in the 17th century. In 1918, armand tesla bela lugosi, a 200yearold hungarian vampire, prowls the english countryside, feeding from the jugulars of the villagers. Bringing the old legend up to date, the film contrives to have the bloodsucking tesla rise from his coffin when his tomb is blasted open during the london blitz.
According to a modern source, columbia was unable to refer to the vampire as dracula because. Now its no small task to play it empowered along side bela lugosi. Oct 12, 2017 the return of the vampire 1943 film complet en francais a 20171012t03. The story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named carmilla, later revealed to be mircalla, countess karnstein carmilla is an anagram of mircalla. Bela lugosi, frieda inescort, nina foch, miles mander, matt willis, gilbert emery, roland varno, sherlee collier. The return of the vampire photos view all photos 3 movie info. In italy, vincenzo verzeni is convicted of murdering two people and drinking their bld. I was beginning to believe that return of the vampire mustve been a lost film when i stumbled upon a vhs copy at a walmart store in 1989.
The vampire diaries has several series containing the following. Watch the return of the vampire full movie in hd visit in 1918, an english family is terrorized by a vampire, unt. Haussman destroys paris vampire quarter then rebuilds city. He looks like dracula, talks like dracula and dresses like dracula. Hyde 1941, the phantom of the opera 1943, the thing from another world 1951 and house of wax 1953 circulated widely in italy. With rome under control of german occupation forces, a representative of germanys reichsbank arrived at the headquarters of the banca ditalia, italy s central bank, and ordered that 119 tons, nearly all of italy s gold reserves, be placed in german custody in milan. Twentythree years earlier, in 1918, nicki saunders was bitten by vampire armand tesla bela lugosi when she was a young girl.
Apr 03, 2014 bela lugosi stars as a vampire stalking the streets of world war ii london when german bombing releases vampire armand tesla lugosi from his grave. Count yorga, a bulgarian vampire, departs the old world for sunny southern california. Based on a story by kurt neumann, return of the vampire places the vampire concept smack in the middle of bombed out london, a rather novel concept at the time, but nothing new to presentday audiences already used to odd spins on the vampire mythology. The return of the vampire was ready for release in the fall of 1943, but cohn pushed it to jan. The film presents an englishwomans two encounters with a vampire. With plenty of spooky atmosphere, a talented cast and a werewolf added for extra fun, the film would appear to have all the ingredients. The return of the vampire is not an official sequel to lugosis 1931 universal studios film dracula, but.
A vampire terrorizes a british family during world war ii. The weakness about the book is that another character wanted to take over a castle but the character was kot. Now he and his werewolf servant seek revenge on the family who thought. The film grossed a total of 818,235,000 italian lire. The best scenes in the return of the vampire are the first and the last, but even at that this columbiaproduced dracula ripoff is a pale imitation of the universal horror classic. The return of the vampire is not an official sequel to lugosis 1931 universal. Return of vampire dvd 1943 region 1 us import ntsc. The return of the vampire 1943 the movie database tmdb. Fraccia contro dracula was distributed theatrically in italy by titanus on december 19, 1986. On the outskirts of london, in 1918, andreas obry, a werewolf, awakens his master, hungarian vampire armand tesla, to report that the vampire s latest victim is being kept alive at a nearby sanitarium run by lady jane ainsley. The episode was written by kevin williamson and julie plec and directed by j.
If this sort of thing happened to today, itd probably be accompanied by all sorts of internet buzz hyping up a comeback for the. Watch the return of the vampire online 1943 movie yidio. Return of the vampire by geronimo stilton goodreads. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman exservant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon. The film stars bela lugosi as the vampire armand tesla. It was released in 1992 by roadrunner records rrd 9184 the album cover was painted by torbjorn jorgensen studio dzyan track listing. The return of the vampire is a film about an errant bomb that unearths the coffin of a vampire during the london blitz, and a gravedigger who unknowingly reanimates the monster. Italians contributed to the animated international debate that began on the nature of this phenomenon, which ultimately contributed to and inspired 19th century vampire literature.
In return of the vampire made by columbia in 1943, bela lugosi doesnt play dracula universal was ready to sue, but rather armand tesla, a 200 hundred year old hungarian vampire. House of frankenstein 1944 this was the first movie to feature the wolfman, dracula, and frankenstein all in the same film. That the imagination of man can soar into the stratosphere of fantasy is attested by. Return of the vampire is a compilation album of rare demo tracks by mercyful fate recorded before their first, official release in 1982. The return of the vampire 1943 was the last time bela lugosi was topbilled in a feature film from a major hollywood studio, and the last time lugosi played a. The return of the vampire 1943 was the last time bela lugosi was topbilled in a feature film from a major hollywood studio, and the last time lugosi played a vampire in a serious film. Aided by a werewolf named andreas matt willis and opposed by lady jane frieda inescort, who operates an asylum, tesla goes in search of young ladies to supply him with blood. Five more such operations would take place in 1943, and four in 1944.
A vampire bela lugosi surfaces when a ww ii nazi bomb uncovers his london grave and he and his werewolf attache must sate their. Bringing the old legend up to date, the film contrives to have the blood. The return of the vampire by lew landers bela lugosi, frieda. There have been numerous films based on carmilla, an 1872 gothic novella by irish author joseph sheridan le fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating bram stokers dracula 1897 by 26 years. This was supposed to be a follow up to dracula but do to legal matters the main character name was changed. During ww2 the country received a total of 95 airframes of the bf 109 and these entered service with spanish engines and under spanish designations. The return of the vampire is one hour and nine minutes long and was released in theaters on november 11, 1943. Walter saunders gilbert emery, the pair driving a railroad spike through his heart and then burying. Isolated from the big booty of horror films produced by universal and rko during the 1940s, the return of the vampire 1943 was a notquiteoneoff quickie from columbia pictures. The return of the vampire performed well enough at the box office to cause other studios to start making their own b vampire films.
Id like to think that the return of the vampire was a big deal when it was released. The imagination of man at times sires the fantastic and the grotesque. Copper creek siege in california prompts formation of federal vampire and zombie agency. This newborn blood sisterhood quickly loses all interest in bridge, spouts fangs. The story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named carmilla, later revealed to be mircalla, countess karnstein carmilla is an. When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the london.
Legend traces him to the city of florence firenze, where he creates the first vampire clan. Im sure there are several kooky lowbudget vampirethemed adventures from japan or italy that im missing, but we were simply unable to secure a. He settles in suburbia, in a stone and cobweb gothic mansion, ans starts biting the local wives. Ambrogio later moved back to italy, now as a fullfledged vampire. In 1918, two scientists, lady jane frieda inescort and sir john ainsley roland varno drove a wooden spike into his heart. The return of the vampire the 1943 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The return of the vampire 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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 heart.
The hitless wonder lady jane ainsley frieda inescort in the return of the vampire 1943 frieda inescort plays lady jane ainsely in the return of the vampire 1943. We dont know a whole lot about this clan, other than they were most likely willing volunteers humans who wanted power and immortality, and were willing to trade their souls for it. A story that transcends the early 20th century, bela is resurrected during wwii, and begins his assault again, this time as dr. When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the london blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates. The return of the vampire 1943 directed by lew landers. The return of the vampire 1943 in 1918 vampire armand tesla lugosi is killed by london scientists lady jane ainsley frieda inescort and dr. Apr 28, 2009 the return of the vampire 1944 bela lugosi plays armand tesla, but he might as well have everyone call him dracula, because hes essentially the same character. By the 1940s the major studio horror boom most notably typified by universals famous monsters brand had all but dried. All songs written by king diamond lyrics and hank shermann music except where noted. According to a modern source, columbia was unable to refer to the vampire as dracula because universal owned the rights. They think their troubles are over, but german bombs in wwii free the monster. The first encounter takes place during world war i, and the second during world war ii.
Overview of the return of the vampire, 1943, directed by lew landers, with bela lugosi, frieda inescort, nina foch, at turner classic movies. Possibly because they got wind that seminal danish heavy metal band mercyful fate was set to reform after a tenyear hiatus and sign with a rival label, roadrunner records moved to clear its vaults of any remaining material and therefore prevent the boys from easy recycling with 1992s return of the vampire collection. The return of the vampire 1943 full movie download full hd. In 1918, an english family are terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman exservant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get. Lugosi would actually have naps in his characters coffin on set because he was tired from shooting the return of the vampire during the day and acting on stage in arsenic and old lace in the evening.
When an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the london blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by. During the early 40s, bela lugosi was well into his contract with sam katzman at monogram, and still had the occasional supporting role over at universal. The return of the vampire 1944 classic horror film board. Even though it wasnt the first time bela lugosi had played a vampire since dracula, it had been nearly a decade since hed donned a cape and fangs in mark of the vampire. The return of the vampire sounds like a grand eventone could argue that the title even subtly refers to lugosi himself, who certainly was the vampire to audiences of the agebut it comes with little real fanfare. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman exservant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family. Region 2 this dvd may not be viewable outside europe. Columbias 1943 chiller the return of the vampire is thus something of a rarity from this period. The return of the vampire 1943 lew landers synopsis. Cast and crew credits for the return of the vampire, 1943, directed by lew landers, with bela lugosi, frieda inescort, nina foch, at turner classic movies.
Although a hollywood reporter production chart places michael duane in the cast, his participation in the released film has not been confirmed. The return of the vampire is a film about an errant bomb that unearths the coffin of a vampire during the london blitz, and a gravedigger who unknowingly reanimates the monster directed by lew landers. It was filmed in black and white with a brief color sequence involving blood and directed by paul landres. The return of the vampire 1943bela lugosi with different vampire name. When a world war ii air raid over london releases him from the grave where lady jane ainsley frieda inescort and professor walter saunders gilbert emery, nickis grandfather, staked and buried him, tesla takes over the identity of hugo. The female lead, rachel mayberry, was played by norma eberhardt. Return of the vampire 1944 not a soul will ever believe us, but we know this monster exists menace deadly horrible. Uncle was a vampire 1959italian satire with christopher lee.