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
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
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
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
