Jessica rules the Dark side (2011)

English

When Jessica Packwood found out she was a Romanian vampire princess, she had the shock of her teenage life.  Turns out that was the easy part.  Now, married to Prince Lucius Vladescu, she has to claim her throne and convince a vampire nation she’s fit to be their queen.  But Jess can’t even order a decent meal from her castle’s Romanian staff, let alone deal with devious undead subjects who would love to see her fail.

And when Lucius is accused of murdering a vampire Elder and imprisoned without the blood he needs, Jessica finds herself alone, fighting for both their survivals.  Desperate to clear her husband’s name and win his release, Jess enlists the help of her best friend Mindy Stankowicz and Lucius’s mysterious Italian cousin, Raniero Lovatu.  But both of them are keeping some dark secrets.  Can Jess figure out who to trust – and how to  rise to power – before she loses everything, including the vampire she loves?

Full of romance, mystery, and danger, the highly anticipated sequel to Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side shows that sometimes a princess has to earn her “happily ever after” – with a sharpened stake in hand.

My Son the Vampire (1952)

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The mysterious figure known as the Vampire (Lugosi) comes to England to complete experiments in his mad bid to gain control of the world. When the radar-controlled Robot which he had ordered shipped to him is delivered instead to Mother Riley (Lucan), the Vampire, through radar control, has the Robot transport itself, as well as Mother Riley, to the proper destination. The old lady goes into a whirl of side-splitting action in a determined effort to frustrate the plans of the sinister Vampire.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

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The film opens with Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.) making an urgent call from London to a Florida railway station where Chick Young (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur Grey (Lou Costello) work as baggage-clerks. Talbot tries to impart to Wilbur the danger of a shipment to the "McDougal House Of Horrors" (a local wax museum) which purportedly contain the actual bodies of Count Dracula (Béla Lugosi) and the Frankenstein Monster (Glenn Strange). However, before he is able, a full moon rises and Talbot becomes The Wolf Man and the call disconnects. Wilbur, thinking the call is just a crank, continues on with his work day. Immediately thereafter, the actual Mr. McDougal (Frank Ferguson) shows up to claim the shipments and, fearing them damaged whenever Wilbur and Chick mishandle them, demands that the crates be delivered in person so his insurance agent can inspect them.
When Chick and Wilbur get to McDougal's "House Of Horrors", they open the first crate and find a coffin with "Dracula" inscribed on the front. When Chick leaves to retrieve the second crate, Wilbur witnesses Dracula awaken and tries to get Chick's attention. But when Chick returns with the second crate, Dracula hides just in time to go unnoticed. After Chick leaves again to greet McDougal and the insurance agent, Dracula hypnotizes Wilbur and re-animates Frankenstein's Monster. McDougal and the insurance agent (with Chick in tow) arrive again too late to witness anything. Finding the storage crates empty, McDougal accuses the boys of theft and has them arrested.
That night, Dr. Sandra Mornay (Lénore Aubert) receives Dracula and the Monster at her island castle. Sandra, a gifted surgeon who has studied Dr. Frankenstein's notebooks, has been posing as Wilbur's girlfriend as part of Dracula's scheme to replace the Monster's brutish brain with a more pliable one — Wilbur's.
Wilbur and Chick are bailed out of jail and mistakenly believe Sandra to be their benefactor. It is actually Joan Raymond (Jane Randolph), who is secretly working for the insurance company that is processing McDougal's claim, and hopes Wilbur will lead her to the missing "exhibits". Meanwhile, Larry Talbot has taken the apartment across the hall from Wilbur and Chick. He has tracked Dracula and the Monster from Europe and knows them to be alive. Talbot asks Chick and Wilbur to help him find and destroy Dracula and the Monster.

Español

Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.) llama por teléfono desde Londres a una estación de trenes en Florida, donde trabajan Chick Young (Bud Abbott) y Wilbur Grey (Lou Costello). Talbot intenta advertirles sobre unas cajas que llegarán a la estación, que según él contienen los cuerpos del conde Drácula (Béla Lugosi) y el monstruo de Frankenstein (Glenn Strange). Sin embargo, dado que esa noche hay luna llena, Talbot se convierte en un hombre lobo y Wilbur cree que es una broma telefónica. Tras esto, el señor McDougal (Frank Ferguson), dueño de una "casa de los horrores", llega a la estación y le pide a Wilbur y Chick que lleven las cajas de las que Talbot le estaba advirtiendo hasta su negocio. Al llevar las cajas a la "casa de los horrores", Wilbur descubre que Talbot estaba en lo cierto, y ve cómo Drácula sale de su ataúd y revive al monstruo de Frankenstein, luego de lo cual se van. Chick no cree la historia de Wilbur, y el señor McDougal los acusa a ambos de haber robado el contenido de sus cajas.
Esa noche, la doctora Sandra Mornay (Lénore Aubert) recibe a Drácula y al monstruo en su castillo, donde le promete al conde que reemplazará el cerebro de la criatura por uno más servil, para no cometer el error del doctor Frankenstein. Días atrás, Sandra había engañado a Wilbur y se convirtió en su novia, con el objetivo de sacar su cerebro. Mientras tanto, Wilbur y Chick son liberados de la cárcel luego que Joan Raymond (Jane Randolph) pagara la fianza. Joan trabaja para la empresa aseguradora del señor McDougal, y busca engañar a Wilbur para que le diga dónde están los cuerpos que habían desaparecido en la "casa de los horrores". El dúo descubre además que Talbot llegó desde Europa para impedir que Drácula reviva completamente al monstruo de Frankenstein, y le pide ayuda a Wilbur y Chick.
Al día siguiente, Wilbur invita a Sandra y Joan a una fiesta de disfraces. En el castillo de Sandra, mientras las mujeres se arreglan para la fiesta, Wilbur y Chick contestan una llamada telefónica de Talbot, quien les dice que en el castillo se encuentran Drácula y el monstruo. Wilbur acepta a regañadientes examinar el castillo, y baja al sótano junto a Chick. Allí, Wilbur descubre al conde y a la criatura, pero se esconden cuando intenta mostrarle a Chick. Mientras tanto, Joan encuentra en la habitación de Sandra un cuaderno del doctor Frankenstein, donde explica cómo revivir a los muertos. Por su parte, Sandra descubre la verdadera identidad de Joan. Cuando Wilbur cuenta que estuvo en el sótano del castillo, Sandra dice tener un dolor de cabeza y se excusa de ir a la fiesta. Sin embargo, Drácula muerde su cuello y la convierte en su esclava, obligándola a ir a la fiesta junto a Wilbur.

Français

Chick Young et Wilbur Brown déchargent des bagages pour le compte d'une compagnie de chemin de fer en Floride. Ils doivent livrer au Musée des Horreurs deux caisses contenant les restes du monstre de Frankenstein et ceux du comte Dracula. Mais ils réveillent les monstres qui s'enfuient. Jean Raymond, de la compagnie qui assurait les caisses, suit Chick et Wilbur dans l'espoir de récupérer le contenu des caisses. Au cours de leurs pérégrinations, nos deux amis rencontrent Lawrence Talbot qui leur avoue être un loup-garou et qui poursuit Dracula pour l'empêcher de greffer un nouveau cerveau au monstre de Frankenstein. Au cours d'un bal masqué, Wilbur est kidnappé par Dracula et Sandra, son assistante, qui l'amènent dans une île. Dracula veut transposer le cerveau de Wilbur sur celui du monstre. Chick et Talbot se rendent au château de Dracula mais la lune se lève et Larry se transforme en loup-garou. Dans la lutte qui s'ensuit, Dracula et Talbot tombent tous deux dans le vide. Chick et Wilbur fuient, poursuivis par le monstre de Frankenstein qui se noie dans la rivière. Dans leur bateau, Chick et Wilbur entendent l'homme invisible leur adresser la parole.

Italiano


Gianni e Pinotto lavorano in una fabbrica di consegna di pacchi e ricevano due casse da consegnare alla Casa degli orrori. Pinotto riceve una telefonata da Londra e un uomo lo prega di non consegnare ne tanto meno aprire le due casse. Pinotto non presta attenzione all'avvertimento e non riferisce l'episodio neanche a Gianni. Portati le casse a destinazione, i due aprono la prima. Mentre Gianni sta scaricando l'altra cassa, Pinotto scopre che il conte Dracula non è un manichino come avevano creduto e non è neanche morto! Gianni ovviamente non crede al compagno e insieme aprono l'altra cassa, ma il contenuto di essa viene visto solo da Pinotto (il mostro di Frankenstein). Mentre Gianni è fuori a parlare con il proprietario del locale, Pinotto assiste alla "resurrezione" del mostro da parte di Dracula e i due se ne vanno. Il proprietario (il sig. McDougal) pensa che i corpi siano stati rubati da Gianni e Pinotto che sono costretti a trascorrere una notte in cella prima che un'investigatrice paghi la cauzione per poter pedinare Pinotto.
Una volta tornati in albergo, bussa alla loro porta l'uomo di Londra che spiega ai due come stanno le cose, ma viene creduto solo da Pinotto. L'uomo li prega, inoltre, di chiudere a chiave la sua porta dall'esterno. Pinotto fa come gli viene detto e si scopre che Larry Talbot è in realtà un uomo lupo. Il giorno dopo ricevono la visita dell'investigatrice che finge di essere interessata a Pinotto per poterlo seguire alla festa che si terrà quella sera in casa della ragazza di Pinotto (la dottoressa Sandra Mornay). Una volta che la donna è uscita i due vanno ad aprire la camera di Larry e trovano tutto sottosopra. A questo punto l'uomo spiega tutto ai due che non credono ad una parola di quello che hanno sentito.
Intanto Sandra ha incontrato il conte Dracula, il quale le ha offerto un'ingente somma di denaro per riportare in vita il mostro in modo tale che non si rivolti contro il padrone. Sandra gli può essere d'aiuto perché è entrata in possesso del manoscritto del Dr. Frankenstein e ha invitato Pinotto per quella sera (con la scusa di un ballo in maschera) per poter usare il suo cervello.

Dracula (1931)

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 Renfield (Dwight Frye), a British solicitor, travels through the Carpathian Mountains via stagecoach. The people in the stagecoach are fearful that the coach won’t reach the local inn before sundown. Arriving there safely before sundown, Renfield refuses to stay at the inn and asks the driver to take him to the Borgo Pass. The innkeeper and his wife seem to be afraid of Renfield’s destination, Castle Dracula, and warn him about vampires. The innkeeper's wife gives Renfield a crucifix for protection before he leaves for Borgo Pass, whence he is driven to the castle by Dracula's coach, which was awaiting him at Borgo Pass, with Dracula himself disguised as the driver. During the bumpy ride, Renfield leans out and starts to ask the driver to slow down, but is startled to see that the driver has disappeared, and a bat is leading the horses.
Renfield enters the castle welcomed by charming but odd nobleman Count Dracula (Béla Lugosi), who unbeknownst to Renfield, is a vampire. Renfield expresses concern about the strange disappearance of the coach driver and his luggage, but Dracula assures him that he has arranged to have his luggage delivered. They discuss Dracula's intention to lease Carfax Abbey in London, where he intends to travel the next day. Dracula then leaves and Renfield goes to his bedroom. Dracula hypnotizes Renfield into opening a window and then causes him to faint. A bat is seen at the window, which then morphs into Dracula. Dracula's three wives suddenly appear and start to move toward Renfield to attack him, but Dracula waves them away, and he attacks Renfield himself.
Aboard the schooner Vesta, bound for England, Renfield has now become a raving lunatic slave to Dracula, who is hidden in a coffin and gets out for feeding on the ship's crew. When the ship arrives in England, Renfield is discovered to be the only living person in it; the captain is lashed on the wheel and none of the ship’s crew is discovered. Renfield is sent to Dr. Seward’s sanatorium.
Some nights later at a London theatre, Dracula meets Dr. Seward (Herbert Bunston), who is with a group in a box seat area. Dr. Seward introduces his daughter Mina (Helen Chandler), her fiancé John Harker (David Manners), and the family friend Lucy Weston (Frances Dade). Lucy is fascinated by Count Dracula, and that night, after Lucy has a talk with Mina and falls asleep in bed, Dracula enters her room as a bat and feasts on her blood. She dies in an autopsy theatre the next day after a string of transfusions, and two tiny marks on her throat are discovered.
Several days later, it is seen that Renfield is obsessed with eating flies and spiders, devouring their lives also. Professor Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) analyzes Renfield's blood, discovering Renfield’s obsession. He starts talking about vampires, and that afternoon chats with Renfield, who begs Dr. Seward to send him away, because his nightly cries may disturb Mina’s dreams. When Dracula awakes and calls Renfield with wolf howling, Renfield is disturbed by Van Helsing showing him a branch of wolfbane. It stops wolves, as Van Helsing says, and also is used for vampire protection.
Dracula visits Mina, asleep in her bedroom, and bites her, leaving neck marks similar to those on Lucy. The next morning, Mina tells of a dream in which she was visited by Dracula. Then, Dracula enters for a night's visit at the Sewards. Van Helsing and Harker notice that Dracula does not have a reflection in a mirror. When Van Helsing shows this "most amazing phenomenon" to Dracula, he reacts violently, smashes the mirror and leaves. Van Helsing deduces that Dracula is the vampire.
Meanwhile, Mina leaves her room and runs to Dracula in the garden, where he wraps his cape around her and attacks her; the next morning, she is found and awakened from unconsciousness. Newspapers report that a "mysterious, beautiful woman in white" has been luring children from the park with chocolate, and then biting them. Mina recognizes the beautiful lady as Lucy, who has risen as a vampire. Harker wants to take Mina to London for safety, but he is finally convinced to leave Mina with them. Van Helsing orders Nurse Briggs (Joan Standing) to take care of Mina when she is sleeping, and not to remove the wreath of wolfbane from around her neck.
Renfield again escapes from his cell and listens to the three men discussing vampires. Before Martin (Charles K. Gerrard), his attendant, arrives to take Renfield back to his cell, Renfield relates to Van Helsing, Harker and Seward how Dracula convinced Renfield to allow him to enter the sanitorium by promising him thousands of rats with blood and life in them.
Dracula enters the Seward parlour and talks with Van Helsing. Dracula states that because he has fused his blood with Mina's, she now belongs to him. Van Helsing swears revenge by sterilizing Carfax Abbey and finding the coffin where he sleeps; he will then thrust a stake through his heart. Dracula tries to hypnotize Van Helsing, almost succeeding, but Van Helsing shows a crucifix to the vampire and turns away.
Harker visits Mina on a terrace, and Mina speaks of how much she loves "nights and fogs". Harker notices Mina’s changes and says he likes them, not realizing that she is slowly transforming into a vampire. A bat (Dracula) flies above them and squeaks to Mina, to which she responds: "Yes? ... Yes? ... I will". Mina then tries to attack Harker. Fortunately, Van Helsing and Dr. Seward arrive just in time to save him. Mina confesses what Dracula has done to her, and tries to tell Harker that their love is finished.
Later that night, Dracula hypnotizes Nurse Briggs into removing the wolfbane wreath from Mina's neck and opening the French windows so he can enter her room. Van Helsing and Harker see Renfield, having just escaped from his cell, heading for Carfax Abbey. They see Dracula with Mina in the abbey. When Harker shouts to Mina, Dracula sees them, thinking Renfield had trailed them. He strangles Renfield and tosses him down a staircase, and is hunted by Van Helsing and Harker. Dracula is forced to sleep in his coffin, as sunrise has come, and is trapped. Van Helsing prepares a wooden stake while Harker searches for Mina. He finds her in a strange stasis. Dracula moans in pain when Van Helsing impales him, and Mina returns to normal. Harker leaves with her while Van Helsing stays. Church bells are heard, implying that they will be married.

Italiano

Renfield, un agente immobiliare, viene mandato in Transilvania per definire e concludere l'acquisto dell'abbazia di Carfax da parte di un certo conte Dracula. Questi, grazie ai suoi poteri mentali, soggioga Renfield e lo costringe a servirlo, portandolo alla pazzia.
Arrivati a Londra, Renfield viene rinchiuso in manicomio, mentre il conte transilvano fa la conoscenza dei suoi futuri vicini di casa, la quale figlia, Mina, sta per andare in sposa ad un collega di Renfield, Jonathan Harker. Dracula riesce a sedurre Mina e la sua amica d'infanzia Lucy, ma Harker, grazie all'aiuto dell'eminente professor Abraham Van Helsing, riesce a sconfiggere il conte, piantandogli un paletto nel cuore.