while no match for the original dracula by tod browning and son of dracula be and nonetheless and a much good film than it reputation suggest and and an improvement over the creaky dracula daughter ( a film that suffer of a bad case of comic relief itis and the terminal illness that kill off so many horror film of the era ) and which and while not totally without merit be mostly overrate . the problem with son of dracula be that it doesn not really feel like a dracula movie . dracula be a macguffin more than a character and and feel like a late addition to a non drac film ( i guess i be right and give that the working title for the movie be destiny ) . and i really wish this be not a dracula movie and a it would be well appreciate a a film and and we wouldn not have to see the untalented lon chaney jr. a dracula ( only carlos villarías in the spanish drácula make a bad count for universal ) and who be pretty decent actually ( good than a larry talbot ) and but that may be because he get so little screen time . anyway and i wish bela lugosi or john carradine ( who make an excellent dracula but deserve good vehicle in the role ) have play the part . in fact and this seem more like a val lewton production than part of the universal cycle . which be a good thing and actually and a that keep the movie from be formula . unlike the hack that make most universal sequel and robert siodmak be an excellent director and it show here . the film be technically impeccable and moody and atmospheric and contain the very best visual effect of all the cycle . the transformation into fog be excellently do and and the scene where the hero shot through dracula and kill his girlfriend ( i be not spoil anything and it in the trailer ) be a classic moment to rival anything in the best movie of the cycle . son of dracula be not without fault and a it be somewhat slow in part and but it a very rewarding experience . kudos to the hungarian professor and who more sympathetic than edward van sloan van helsing in the two previous film . and kudos to curt siodmak for keep the comic relief to the minimum ( just a couple of short bit with the black servant and not enough to ruin the movie ) . forget if necessary that it a dracula movie and i promise it worthwhile and and one of the best universal monster movie ( way well than the dreadful frankenstein meet the wolf man and from the same year and also pen by curt siodmak and star chaney jr. ) . positive .