Vampire films Hungarian accent and sweeping gestures became characteristics now commonly associated with Dracula. Five years after the release of the film, Universal released "Dracula's Daughter" (1936), a direct sequel that starts immediately after the end of the first film. A second sequel, "Son of Dracula" starring Lon Chaney Jr., followed in 1943. Despite his apparent death in the 1931 film, the Count returned to life in three more Universal films of the mid-1940s: "House of Frankenstein" (1944) and "House of Dracula" (1945)—both starring John Carradine—and "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948). While Lugosi had played a vampire in two other films
Taste the Blood of Dracula film was "superior in production, performance, story and atmosphere to the recent 'Dracula Has Risen from the Grave.' In the title role, Christopher Lee seems to take new interest in the role with a terrifyingly bloodshot performance." "The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films" called the film "the finest genuine Dracula sequel in the entire [Hammer Dracula] series." It currently holds a positive 67% score on Rotten Tomatoes based on 12 reviews. On 6 November 2007 the movie was released in a film pack along with "Dracula", "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave", and "Dracula A.D. 1972". On