History Film / HouseOfDracula

* NegativeContinuity: No explanation is offered for why Drac and Talbot are alive and well, and Talbot doesn't seem to remember that he's already met the Frankenstein monster twice.

* RecycledPremise: Quite a lot of ''Film/HouseOfFrankenstein'' gets reused in this script. Madman with a hunchbacked assistant wants to unravel Frankenstein's work, check [[note]] At least in this one, he doesn't ''start'' as a madman, though [[/note]]. Talbot hopes mad science is the cure to curing or killing himself, check. Frankenstein monster discovered in hibernation under castle, check. Dracula doesn't make it to Act Three, check.

* DoingInTheWizard: According to Dr. Endelmann, Talbot's lycanthropy is a case of self-hypnosis combined with his skulls applying pressure to his brain. After easing the said pressure with experimental surgery [[spoiler:Talbot is cured! [[AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein At least until the next movie]].]]

* HopeSpot: Out of five movies, this is the only one that ends well for poor Larry Talbot (yes, by Talbot standards being forced to shoot the man who cured your nightmarish curse to prevent him from suffering the same fate constitutes ending well). He's cured, and he has a love interest. By [[Film/AbbotAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein the sequel]] though, he's relapsed, and she's nowhere to be found. Probably dead. (Of course, this is assuming the next movie is in continuity with this one).

* TheCorruption: Courtesy of the blood of {{Dracula}}, Doctor Edelman is changed from [[JekyllandHyde a noble, devout, and compassionate scientist into a mad killer]].

* ForScience: Averted initially. After finding the Monster, Dr. Edelmann attempts to power up the Monster. Nina talks him out of it, reminding him that the Monster is too dangerous to be revived. But once his evil side takes control, he restores him into full power and strangles Nina who tries to intervine.
* HopeSpot: Out of five movies, this is the only one that ends well for poor Larry Talbot (yes, by Talbot standards being forced to shoot the man who cured your nightmarish curse to prevent him from suffering the same fate constitutes ending well). He's cured, and he has a love interest. By the sequel though, he's relapsed, and she's nowhere to be found. Probably dead.

* YouLookFamiliar: Lionel Atwill appears as a police inspector for a third time in ''Frankenstein'' related films.

* GlamourFailure: Dracula casts no reflection to a mirror, nor does the evilized Dr. Edelmann.

'''''House of Dracula''''' is a Franchise/UniversalHorror film from the year 1945.

The film was the last serious MonsterMash film for Creator/{{Universal}}. Next up, the comedy duo AbbottAndCostello [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein would stumble upon the horrors of the studio]].

* DoingInTheWizard: According to Dr. Endelmann, Talbot's lycanthropy is a case of self-hypnosis combined with his skulls applying pressure to his brain. After easing the said pressure with experimental surgery [[Spoiler:Talbot is cured! [[AbbottAndCostelloeMeetFrankenstein At least until the next movie]].]]

* DoingInTheWizard: According to Dr. Endelmann, Talbot's lycanthropy is a case of self-hypnosis combined with his skulls applying pressure to his brain. After easing the said pressure with experimental

* HopeSpot: Out of five movies, this is the only one that ends well for poor LawrenceTalbot (yes, by Talbot standards being forced to shoot the man who cured your nightmarish curse to prevent him from suffering the same fate constitutes ending well). He's cured, and he has a love interest. By the sequel though, he's relapsed, and she's nowhere to be found. Probably dead.

The film was the last serious MonsterMash film for Creator/{{Universal}}. Next up, comedy duo AbbottAndCostello [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein stumble upon the horrors of the studio]].

'''''House of Dracula''''' is the last "serious" Universal MonsterMash film. It is from the year 1945.

After the events of ''Film/HouseOfFrankenstein'', the yet again revived WolfMan Larry Talbot is still seeking release from his condition. He ends up in Dr. Edelmann's place for treatment and accidentally finds FrankensteinsMonster in the caves under the house. Count {{Dracula}} is also there to find a cure for vampirism, but it is only a ruse to get near the nurse Morella, upon whom he has set his sights.

Next up, comedy duo {{Abbott and Costello}} [[Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein stumble upon the Monster Mash]].

* BungledSuicide: Larry decides that one more transformation to a werewolf is too much and attempts to kill himself by leaping off a cliff. He survives and ends up in cave where the Monster is.
** Bit of FridgeLogic as well, because at this point in the series Larry should be well aware of how hard it is to kill him. Even a silver bullet only puts him down until some jackass exposes the corpse to moonlight.
* ContrivedCoincidence: The quicksand where the Monster drowned in ''House of Frankenstein'' conveniently leads to the underground caves of Dr. Edelmann's place.

* DoingInTheWizard
* EvilDetectingDog: Dr. Edelmann's cat.
* ForScience: When finding the Monster, Dr. Edelmann attempts to power up the Monster. Nina talks him out of it, reminding him that the Monster is too dangerous to be revived.

* HopeSpot: Out of five movies, this is the only one that ends well for poor LawrenceTalbot (yes, by Talbot standards being forced to shoot the man who cured your nightmarish curse to prevent him from suffering the same fate constitutes ending well). He's cured, and he has a love interest. By the sequel though, he's relapsed, and she's nowhere to be found. Probably dead.

* MadScientist: Dr. Edelmann's evil side.
* NightmareDreams
* ThePowerOfBlood: Dracula's blood can apparently turn normal people completely amoral.
* ScreamingWoman
* TalkingToThemself: Well, it's more a case of ''Arguing With Himself In A Nightmare'', but after [[TheCorruption he gets nailed]] with Dracula's blood, Doctor Niemann has a dream in which his good and evil selves quarrel over the idea of turning the FrankensteinsMonster loose on the villagers.
* TorchesAndPitchforks

* TransformationSequence
* UnexplainedRecovery: No attempt is made to explain how Dracula and Talbot survived their onscreen deaths in ''Film/HouseOfFrankenstein''.
** Earlier movies establish that Talbot revives when his corpse is exposed to moonlight. Whoever found his body after the last film probably didn't know that.
* TheXOfY

* TalkingToHimself: Well, it's more a case of ''Arguing With Himself In A Nightmare'', but after [[TheCorruption he gets nailed]] with Dracula's blood, Doctor Niemann has a dream in which his good and evil selves quarrel over the idea of turning the FrankensteinsMonster loose on the villagers.

This film is also notable for having a female hunchback assistant, though she is treated as a sympathetic and kind character.

* TalkingToHimself: Well, it's more a case of ''Arguing With Himself In A Nightmare'', but after [[TheCorruption he gets nailed]] with Dracula's blood, Doctor Niemann has a dream in which his good and evil selves quarrel over the idea of turning the FrankensteinMonster loose on the villagers.

* TheCorruption: Courtesy of the blood of CountDracula, Doctor Edelman is changed from [[JekyllandHyde a noble, devout, and compassionate scientist into a mad killer]].

* [[Arguing With Himself In A Nightmare TalkingToHimself]]: After [[TheCorruption he gets nailed]] with Dracula's blood, Doctor Niemann has a dream in which his good and evil selves quarrel over the idea of turning the FrankensteinMonster loose on the villagers.

* TheCorruption: Courtesy of [[Dracula Count Dracula's blood]], Doctor Edelman is changed from [[JekyllandHyde a noble, devout, and compassionate scientist into a mad killer]].

* TheCorruption: Courtesy of [[Dracula1931 Count Dracula's blood]], Doctor Edelman is changed from [[JekyllandHyde a noble, devout, and compassionate scientist into a mad killer]].

After the events of ''{{House of Frankenstein}}'', the yet again revived WolfMan Larry Talbot is still seeking release from his condition. He ends up in Dr. Edelmann's place for treatment and accidentally finds [=~Frankenstein's Monster~=] in the caves under the house. Count {{Dracula}} is also there to find a cure for vampirism, but it is only a ruse to get near the nurse Morella, upon whom he has set his sights.

Next up, comedy duo {{Abbott and Costello}} [[AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein stumble upon the Monster Mash]].

* HospitalHottie