Spike vs. Dracula village and led the angry mob to the mansion. He concludes the letter with, "P.S.: You still owe me eleven pounds." In October 1934, Darla reads a letter from Spike. Darla has chosen to remain in Germany while Spike and Drusilla visit America. In the letter, Spike says that they travelled to Los Angeles, where they ran into Dracula, now world-famous as a result of the movie based on him. In L.A., Spike takes Drusilla to a theatre showing a stage version of "Dracula" starring Béla Lugosi himself. Drusilla points out that they've met the real Dracula, but Spike argues
Son of Dracula (1974 film) one, he had just finished work on his directorial debut, the T. Rex documentary "Born to Boogie". As well as producing "Son of Dracula", Starr would appear as Merlin the Magician, who follows the birth and rise of young Count Downe, played by Nilsson. Starr and he were longtime friends, and the ex-Beatle had recently played drums on Nilsson's 1972 album "Son of Schmilsson", which had spoofed horror movie motifs. A few months after those sessions, in August 1972, Starr decided to make a rock and roll Dracula movie (originally titled "Count Downe"), and invited Nilsson to come on board.