another cool atmospheric vampire film that a sequel to dracula and dracula daughter and but can stand alone since there no reference to the previous film . lon chaney jr. play the son of dracula . he ok a dracula and but much good a the wolf man . anyhow and he travel under the alias count alucard ( dracula spell backwards ) to america to marry a woman who be secretly just try to gain eternal life so that she can spread it to her real love interest who she be suppose to marry in the first place . this be a pretty original story . and it the only one of the universal classic dracula film where we actually see the vampire turn into mist and and the first one where we actually see dracula turn into a bat . i like this film . there an on go debate a to whether the dracula in this film be suppose to be the same dracula that bela lugosi play . i disagree . the reason be because we saw bela lugosi dracula kill and burn in the previous two film . and the vampire expert in son of dracula and dr. lazlo and say that this one be probably a descendant of the original dracula . lastly and i think the title say it all although there be people who seem to think that this be just a common sequel title use back then and be not mean to be take literally . but it be take literally with son of frankenstein and and this be a follow up to dracula daughter ( who really be his daughter ) so . but anyway and on the back of the video case and it say that lon chaney be play the son of dracula . so i do not think it can be more clearer that the dracula we see in son of dracula be the son of dracula like the title suggest . in the end and this film be worth watch if you can take it in it historical context . otherwise you would not enjoy this film and because it not up to today standard of horror . but for the time period and this film be a good horror film . positive .