house of dracula isn not all that bad of a film and be rather decent at time . spoilersarriving at the home of dr. franz edelmann and ( onslow stevens ) in his seaside home and count dracula and ( john carradine ) discreetly seek a cure for vampirism . he start work on a potential cure involve blood transfusion and the wolf man and lawrence talbot and ( lon chaney jr. ) arrive at his estate look for a cure to lycanthropy . work with the two patient and he discover a possible cure in a mold find near the laboratory and and after search the area and he find the frankenstein monster and ( glenn strange ) bury nearby . become obsess with revive it and dr. edelmann keep neglect dracula and larry request and and after demand that they get their treatment instead of him work on the monster and they turn on each other in a climactic showdown . the good news represent this be a rather decent film . there be one main idea that be quite creative and imaginative . this be the first film to openly propose the idea of vampirism a a blood disease and and one that can be transfer from person to person through the exchange of bodily fluid and something that would be take up by later genre work but rarely as directly a this . there even a microscope slide of the parasite that be believe responsible for the condition . it work in some rather nicely use idea and come across a a rather nifty idea and even if some of the execution be a little stale . the fact that each of the creature have at least one standout scene be a nicely do idea . the wolf man have a marvelous scene where he transform inside a prison cell to the doubt member of the search party and go crazy . dracula initial appearance of appear a a bat and fly toward a prone figure sleeping and then appear in human form look really impressive . the monster rampage be well handle and an appropriate amount of destruction be cause . the large bat that dracula transforms into always look decent for once and and be quite realistically do . it a thoroughly decent affair . the bad news represent there be several thing that weren not all that great about this one . the fact that the film combine so much potentially intriguingly plot and idea that it really doesn not know what to do with them . there be several different back story that have to be mingle together and which should be clear enough to mix well together and seem coherent . this really doesn not have any of that . the plot be rather flimsy and doesn not really give a preferential treatment to any of the star and and instead concentrate on one then another and then include all three in the end . the monster only seem to get engage with each other for the small possible reason make it a big distraction . the end be for once a big let down and and seem entirely like it be change at the last minute . there a few other small thing that weren not all that spectacular and and pretty much also contribute to this . the final verdict represent it quite a decent film and manages to get through most of the time with an entertaining style . nowhere near the classic status of each monster debut feature and but it a nice enough watch for fan of the monster and of universal film in general . today rating pg represent violence .