House Of Dracula (1945)

Count Dracula arrives at the castle home of Dr. Franz Edelmann.
The Count explains that he has come to Visaria to find a cure for
his vampirism. Dr. Edelmann agrees to help, believing that
vampirism can be cured by a series of blood transfusions. The
Count agrees to this, and Edelmann uses his own blood for the
transfusions. After, The Count has his coffin placed in the
castle basement. That night, Lawrence Talbot arrives at the
castle demanding to see Dr. Edelmann about a cure for his
lycanthropy. Talbot is told to wait, but knowing the moon is
rising, Talbot has himself incarcerated by the police. Inspector
Holtz asks Edelmann to see Talbot, and as the full moon rises,
they both witness his transformation into the Wolf Man. Edelmann
and his assistant Milizia have him transferred to the castle the
next morning. Edelmann tells him that he believes that Talbot's
transformations are not triggered by the moonlight, but by
pressure on the brain, and believes he can relieve the pressure
and asks Talbot to wait while he gathers more spores from a plant
he believes can cure him. Despondent by the thought of becoming
the Wolf Man again, Talbot attempts suicide by jumping into the
ocean, only to end up in a cave below the castle.


Edelmann searches for Talbot in the cave where they find the
catatonic Frankenstein's monster, still clutching the skeleton of
Dr. Niemann. Humidity in the cave is perfect for propagating the
clavaria formosa, and a natural tunnel in the cave connects to a
basement of the castle. Dr. Edelmann takes the monster back to
his lab, but considers it too dangerous to revive him. Meanwhile,
The Count tries to seduce Milizia and make her a vampire, but
Milizia wards him off with a cross. Edelmann interrupts to
explain that he has found strange antibodies in the Count's
blood, requiring another transfusion. Edelmann's assistant Nina
begins shadowing Milizia and discovers that the Count casts no
reflection in a mirror. She warns Edelmann of the vampire's
danger to Milizia. Edelmann prepares a transfusion that will
destroy the vampire. During the procedure, The Count uses his
hypnotic powers to put Edelmann and Nina to sleep and reverses
the flow of the transfusion, sending his own blood into the
doctor's veins. When they awake, The Count is carrying Milizia
away. They revive Talbot and force the Count away with a cross
who returns to his coffin as the sun is beginning to rise.
Edelmann follows him and drags the open coffin into the sunlight,
destroying him.


Edelmann begins to react to Dracula's blood and finds that he no
longer casts a reflection in a mirror. Falling unconscious, he
sees strange visions of a monstrous version of himself performing
unspeakable acts. Edelmann awakens, and tries to perform the
operation on Talbot. Edelmann begins leaping into a more
monstrous personality, and murders his gardener. When the
townspeople discover the body, they chase Edelmann, believing him
to be Talbot. They follow him to the castle, where Holtz and
Steinmuhl interrogate Talbot and Edelmann. Steinmuhl is convinced
that Edelmann is the murderer, and assembles a mob to execute
him. Talbot is cured by the operation, but Edelmann again turns
into his mostrous self. Edelman revives Frankenstein's monster,
with the others witnessing Edelmann's transformation, and
Edelmann breaks Nina's neck and tosses her body into the cave.
Holtz and Steinmuhl lead the townspeople to the castle where the
police attack the monster, but are subdued by the creature.
Edelmann kills Holtz by accidental electrocution and Talbot
shoots Edelmann dead. Talbot traps the monster under fallen
shelving as a fire breaks out, and the townspeople flee the
burning castle. The burning roof collapses on the monster.