The Return of the Vampire

The Return of the Vampire is a 1944 film, released by Columbia Pictures starring Béla Lugosi, Nina Foch, Frieda Inescort, and Miles Mander. Armand Tesla, a former Romanian scientist who became a vampire because of his obsession with the occult, moves to London. He has a werewolf servant named Andréas (Matt Willis), and preys on one family until he is staked in 1918. When his grave is disturbed by Nazi bombs during World War II, gravediggers who h... more

The Return of the Vampire is a 1944 film, released by Columbia Pictures starring Béla Lugosi, Nina Foch, Frieda Inescort, and Miles Mander. Armand Tesla, a former Romanian scientist who became a vampire because of his obsession with the occult, moves to London. He has a werewolf servant named Andréas (Matt Willis), and preys on one family until he is staked in 1918. When his grave is disturbed by Nazi bombs during World War II, gravediggers who have to rebury the overturned graves decide not to bury Armand with the stake, pulling it out. He then claws out of the ground. He seeks out Andréas, who now, after being turned back by Armand, has the power to change form at will, and sets out to take revenge on the family that had staked him. In the end, Andréas is shot trying to give Nikki (the doctor's daughter) back to Armand. The vampire tells the lycanthrope, "I no longer had need of you." After changing back, Andréas, who finds a cross buried in corner of the church Armand has made a... less