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taraco	New Poll: Is he the Son of Dracula	Lead	[-]
Oct 5 07 9:37 PM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Is Count Alucard the Son of Dracula? (Result) -- Yes. Why else would the film be called Son of Dracula. -- Probably. But they never come right out and say it. -- Doubtful. He doesn't even look like Bela. -- He's Count Dracula himself. david Rondo VI is here!
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taraco		#1	[-]
Oct 6 07 9:05 PM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Amazing...you'd hardly know this was ever in question!! david Rondo VI is here!
BijouBob8mm		#2	[-]
Nov 15 07 12:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes. Why else would the film be called Son of Dracula. Well, technically, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN would have been Henry's wife, Elizabeth; not the creature played onscreen by Elsa Lanchester. ; ) Doesn't SON OF DRACULA imply that the Draculas were a family of vampires? (Like father, like son...like daugher...niece...nephew...second cousin, twice removed....)
IzzyVanHalen		#3	[-]
Nov 19 07 12:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"Doesn't SON OF DRACULA imply that the Draculas were a family of vampires? (Like father, like son...like daugher...niece...nephew...second cousin, twice removed....)" Don't forget the Latos twins, Statz.
SparkieGojira		#4	[-]
Apr 30 08 7:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I have a hard time imagining the Lugosi Dracula being quite the sap Alucard or the Latos twins proved themselves to be. And if I'm expected to believe Lon Chaney is the son of Claude Reines, why not Lugosi? LUgosi and Chaney at least have the same cleft chin. -Clark
Doctor Lamont		#5	[-]
Jul 27 08 10:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I never thought of him as Dracula's biological son, but rather a disciple who had been made into a vampire by Dracula, and hence was his "son."
Michael Elliott		#6	[-]
Jul 27 08 10:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Chaney being Lugosi's son makes a lot more sense than Chaney being the son of Rains.
Richard		#7	[-]
Oct 22 08 10:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The title is just a promotional hook to sell the film to the public. Alucard is in fact Count Dracula himself, and the way Chaney Jr. plays him is a genuine thrill. Wonderful film! Of course all your questions become moot in the unauthorized teen remake Return of Dracula (1958) with Francis Lederer which in its own way is just as good. Richard "... little by little the look of the country changes because of the people we admire." dialog in HUD (1963)
Richard		#8	[-]
Oct 22 08 11:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	BijouBob8mm wrote: Yes. Why else would the film be called Son of Dracula. Doesn't SON OF DRACULA imply that the Draculas were a family of vampires? No, it doesn't. Not the last time I saw it. Of course, there might be a director's cut out now that changes everything. SparkieGojira wrote: I have a hard time imagining the Lugosi Dracula being quite the sap Alucard or the Latos twins proved themselves to be. And if I'm expected to believe Lon Chaney is the son of Claude Raines, why not Lugosi? Lugosi and Chaney at least have the same cleft chin. Lugosi and Chaney have the same cleft chin? I never noticed. Plus they are both really tall. Except that Chaney Jr. is bigger than Lugosi. Then again, he's bigger than most people. Of course, Claude Rains could have been married to a really big woman who was also very tall and so naturally Chaney Jr. inherited some of her genes, too. Michael Elliott wrote: Chaney being Lugosi's son makes a lot more sense than Chaney being the son of Rains. Wait a minute. Let's be clear about this. You mean that Rains being the father of Chaney Jr makes less sense than Rains being the father of Lugosi, don't you? Is it more feasible for big guy Chaney Jr. to be the son of tall Lugosi or short Rains? Which begs the two-pronged question, do bats migrate across the ocean to sire sons in foreign lands and then fly back before morning? How could a short Brit be the father of a such big tall American? Since Lugosi and Rains come from the same side of the pond, isn't it more likely for Lugosi to be the father of Rains, or Rains to be the father of Lugosi via a taller woman, and perhaps Chaney Jr. was adopted? through the mail? But since Rains didn't play Count Dracula and Lugosi did, and since neither Rains nor Lugosi are in Son of Dracula and Chaney Jr is, isn't it reasonable to conclude that Chaney Jr. just might be the adopted son of Lugosi's Count Dracula, assuming that he's not Count Dracula himself traveling incognito under a scrambled eman, and somehow re-animated by means unknown and inexplicable? Richard "... little by little the look of the country changes because of the people we admire." dialog in HUD (1963) Last Edited By: Richard Oct 23 08 12:15 AM. Edited 2 times.
I am Mr Dead		#9	[-]
Nov 1 08 3:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Isn't that song, "House of the Rising Son" about this? Combining the last 2 Dracula titles (House and Son of), "Son" of another country, not a native son, making a "Rise" in USA. "There is a house in New Orleans..." a horse is corpse, of course, of corpse, a horse is a corpse, of corpse!
Death of Batley		#10	[-]
Jan 24 09 8:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Richard wrote: The title is just a promotional hook to sell the film to the public. Alucard is in fact Count Dracula himself, and the way Chaney Jr. plays him is a genuine thrill. Wonderful film! I concur.
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atenolol		#11	[-]
Feb 9 09 9:28 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My take is that Lon was the son of Armand Tesla, but who wants to be known as the son of Tesla. Like most sons he did not make the same mistakes as his father. Dad trusted Andreas. Alucard wasn't going to trust a werewolf, expert as he is about werewolves, when he had Katherine. It is heartening to see a son learn from his father's mistakes. Last Edited By: atenolol Feb 9 09 9:32 PM. Edited 2 times.
killer meteor		#12	[-]
Feb 10 09 1:49 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Death of Batley wrote: Richard wrote: The title is just a promotional hook to sell the film to the public. Alucard is in fact Count Dracula himself, and the way Chaney Jr. plays him is a genuine thrill. Wonderful film! I concur. I argue he is the son, because really why else would Universal have called it Son of Dracula? Or maybe they didn't? Was the film always Son of Dracula from planning to release? This argument has been going on since the 60s - where did it begin that Chaney was playing the man himself?
drmedula		#13	[-]
Jul 24 09 7:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If Drac has a daughter, why not a son? (Of course, the name "Dracula" translates as "Son of the Dragon"...)
The Mighty Bongo		#14	[-]
Aug 1 09 8:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Lon's absolutely Dracs kid, the cleft in the chin cinches the deal !
blackbiped		#15	[-]
Aug 13 09 2:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Isn't it about time this was renamed "Old Poll" instead of "New Poll"? Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
The Batman of Gotham		#16	[-]
Oct 17 09 2:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Doctor Lamont wrote: I never thought of him as Dracula's biological son, but rather a disciple who had been made into a vampire by Dracula, and hence was his "son." I could go either way on this but, my personal preference is the disciple-turned-vampire angle. Definitely not THE Count Dracula. - GJS
Rakshasa		#17	[-]
Nov 29 09 9:36 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, he is the son of Dracula. Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
atenolol		#18	[-]
Jan 17 10 8:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Am I the only one who thinks he was the son of Countess Zaleska and Sandor. Lon Jr really looks most like Irving Pichel.
rvoyttbots		#19	[-]
Feb 1 10 11:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	So why is this poll PINNED? Hardly the question for the ages.
LonJRisTheBEST		#20	[-]
Feb 17 10 10:37 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's right in the beginning of the movie, I've never thought of him as the son, even when I was younger I picked up on that, but here's a cut/paste of opening scene & site taken from if you wish to see whole article: Frank Craven--best known for his role of the narrator in Our Town--opens the film as the local doctor at the train station to pick up the arriving Count Alucard. Because of the way the luggage of the missing nobleman is arranged on the carriage, Dr. Brewster quickly deciphers the Count's anagram name, and thus it is revealed that this is not the son at all, but the original Dracula http://eric.b.olsen.tripod.com/sondrac.html BTW It's also mentioned in The Psychotronic
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