Lugosi played bit parts and character roles on stage and screen until 1927, when he landed the lead in the Broadway version of Bram Stoker's &NBi;Dracula. Lugosi reprised the role on the silver screen in 1931: The film turned him into an international star but ultimately became a millstone, forever branding him a cinematic villain. For the rest of the decade and beyond, Lugosi appeared in a series of chillers, including The Black Cat (1934) and The Wolf Man (1941).
Lugosi slowly faded from public view and died of cardiac failure Aug. 16, 1956; he was buried in his Dracula garb.
AddDraculaBela Lugosi turns in a landmark horror performance in this 1931 adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic vampire novel. Revisit Transylvania for the eerie mood created by spectacular cinematography and Lugosi's oft-copied take on the infamous Dracula. Dwight Frye as Renfield also helps define the... Read More
AddWhite ZombieMade in just 11 days back in 1932, with a $50,000 budget and sets left standing from Universal's Dracula and Frankenstein, this film remains a horror classic. Keeping dialogue to a minimum, cameraman Arthur Martinelli cuts loose on this odd fairy tale about a newlywed couple menaced by zombies.... Read More
AddMST3K: The Corpse VanishesThe MST3K crew tumbles deep into the cult-film crypt to unearth this 1942 Monogram opus about a mad botanist (Bela Lugosi) who gives his wife the gift of eternal youth. To do so, he spirits young virgins to his lab and draws their life-restoring fluids. Back in the screening room, hosts Joel, Crow... Read More
AddBride of the MonsterHorror icon Bela Lugosi (Dracula) appears in his last starring role as Dr. Eric Vornoff, who with his crazed man-beast servant is conducting flesh-burning radiation experiments in an attempt to create a legion of atomic supermen. When a newspaperwoman gets too inquisitive for her own good, Vornoff... Read More
AddGlen or GlendaIn legendary filmmaker Ed Wood's cinematic debut, a conflicted transvestite (Wood) tries to decide whether to reveal his cross-dressing fetish to his fiancée, Barbara (Dolores Fuller), who's begun to notice clothes disappearing from her closet. This campy B movie includes Wood's trademark... Read More
