The Return of the Vampire

Nov 11, 1943

1h 9m

★ 6.1

The Vampire's Prey... a Beautiful Girl! Compelled to follow his commands! The blood of her fiancé on his hands! How can she escape the vampire?

Overview

In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Armand Tesla

Bela Lugosi

Nicki Saunders

Nina Foch

John Ainsley

Roland Varno

Andreas Obry

Matt Willis

Lady Jane Ainsley

Frieda Inescort

Sir Frederick Fleet

Miles Mander

Elsa Walter - Governess

Ottola Nesmith

Dr. Walter Saunders

Gilbert Emery

Detective Lynch

Leslie Denison

Detective Gannett

William Austin

Miss Northcutt (uncredited)

Jeanne Bates

Horace (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

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