The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on February 28, 2019

Shout Factory gives one of Bela Lugosi's best films of the 1940s the Blu-ray treatment with their release of THE RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE. This 1943 movie from Columbia has been categorized by some as nothing more than a copy of the Universal horror style. In many ways, though, it's...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on August 15, 2015

The Anti-Damsel Blogathon is a celebration of empowered women in classic film history--and there are a lot more of them than most people generally assume. It is my belief that movie actresses had a far better range of roles available to them in the '30s and the '40s than they...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 26, 2013

This Columbia production directed by Lew Landers puts Bela Lugosi back into a vampire’s cape and fangs, but The Return of the Vampire (1944) is not exactly a success when it comes to following up on the iconic Dracula (1931). Despite a number of inspired elements, the film fails with...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 26, 2013

This Columbia production directed by Lew Landers puts Bela Lugosi back into a vampire’s cape and fangs, but The Return of the Vampire (1944) is not exactly a success when it comes to following up on the iconic Dracula (1931). Despite a number of inspired elements, the film fails with...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on June 26, 2013

This Columbia production directed by Lew Landers puts Bela Lugosi back into a vampire’s cape and fangs, but The Return of the Vampire (1944) is not exactly a success when it comes to following up on the iconic Dracula (1931). Despite a number of inspired elements, the film fails with...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on June 11, 2013

The Return of the Vampire is an interesting, WWII-set take on the overdone vampire genre that gets point for having a female Van Helsing character.  Sorry, I can’t say Van Helsing; due to legalities with the Stoker estate, even though this is an obvious continuation of the Dracula franchise &#   read more