The Return of the Vampire

The Return of the Vampire

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?

Directed by Lew Landers

Produced by Columbia Pictures

194369 min6.1 / 10

A Gothic horror tale of supernatural revenge that exploits wartime chaos to resurrect an ancient evil threatening a family across decades.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Return of the Vampire scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is The Return of the Vampire easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does The Return of the Vampire end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The Return of the Vampire sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is The Return of the Vampire violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

46/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity44

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise75

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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