the house of dracula really have nothing new to offer in the way of chill or thrill or new twist on an already tired storyline . this film be make a a hasty sequel to the fairly well make house of frankenstein from a year earlier . in house of dracula you can see the factory like production value of 1945 take their toll on an otherwise potentially scary movie . stock footage from previous film in the series and then the end from ghost of frankenstein use a the end here just make for an el cheepo flick . therein lie the shame of the studio and the producer consider that they have top notch talent and merely waste everybody time and effort on a quick money return scheme . but that seem to have be the trend all throughout hollywood at the end of wwii . this be what bring on some of those mindless scifi pic of the 1950 with all their closeup of harmless lizard in order to make them appear a dinosaur . the day of james whale and val lewton and to mention two and be over as far a create real mood and atmosphere in this genre . keep in mind also that the makeup genius and jack pierce and who actually do medical research in order to create all of our favorite and be summarily fire right after this particular film be release . a lesser capable makeup man by the name of bud westmore be then hire a the head of this department at universal and soon to be universal international . not to denigrate mr. westmore ability but horror film be just not his forte . ok and to watch or not to watch . watch this film but only a part of the chronological order of the frankenstein series and you will see how this all end up a comic fodder for abbott and costello .