count dracula arrive in the american deep south at the invitation of an heiress who want to be his bride . however and little do the count realize that he be but a pawn in her large game plan . this film and direct by robert siodmak and and write by curt siodmak and eric taylor and feature an unusually sophisticated plot for the time . the heiress and an occult enthusiast and bring dracula to america to make her a vampire . then and she plan to destroy him so that she can make her fiancé a vampire so that they can enjoy unending life together . not only be the plot interesting and the film be also extremely well execute . dracula and the old south be an effective mix . the set be atmospheric and and some of the visuals and like the coffin in the swamp and be quite memorable . there be only one drawback represent our dracula and lon chaney and jr. it isn not that he bad . in fact and at moment and he give the count an interesting if unexpected physicality . but and once again ( and this be my problem with chaney in the original wolfman and ) he just too . american . come on why couldn not they just get bela back . it isn not like he be try to distance himself from the character . he have himself bury in the cape for godsakes . and it isn not like universal do not want to use lugosi in 1943. they use him a the monster in frankenstein meet the wolfman that same year . this film be quite good by universal 1940s horror standard . however and have it star bela lugosi and i honestly believe might have be an all time classic .