The Return of the Vampire
The Vampire's Prey... a Beautiful Girl! Compelled to follow his commands! The blood of her fiancé on his hands! How can she escape the vampire?
1943 | 69m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Lew Landers |
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| Writer: | Griffin Jay, Kurt Neumann |
| Staring: |
| In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 11, 1943 |
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| Director: | Lew Landers |
| Writer: | Griffin Jay, Kurt Neumann |
| Genres: | Horror |
| Keywords | cemetery, coffin, vampire, betrayal, werewolf, grave digger, graveyard, london blitz, hypnotic powers |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,090,000
Budget: $75,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bela Lugosi | Armand Tesla |
| Nina Foch | Nicki Saunders |
| Roland Varno | John Ainsley |
| Matt Willis | Andreas Obry |
| Frieda Inescort | Lady Jane Ainsley |
| Miles Mander | Sir Frederick Fleet |
| Ottola Nesmith | Elsa Walter - Governess |
| Gilbert Emery | Dr. Walter Saunders |
| Leslie Denison | Detective Lynch |
| William Austin | Detective Gannett |
| Jeanne Bates | Miss Northcutt (uncredited) |
| Billy Bevan | Horace (uncredited) |
| Olaf Hytten | Ben (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Randall Faye | Additional Dialogue |
| Griffin Jay | Writer |
| L. William O'Connell | Director of Photography |
| John Stumar | Director of Photography |
| Paul Borofsky | Editor |
| Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco | Original Music Composer |
| Lew Landers | Director |
| Kurt Neumann | Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sam White | Producer |
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