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World War II setting

posted 17 years ago by flan99
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Pretty cool seeing Bela in London during the Blitz.

The two Brits in the graveyard was a great addition.

A surprisingly good entry in the vampire/horror genre, considering that it wasn't something Columbia Pictures had much of a reputation for - but this one seems to combine elements of James Whale's dark humor and the moody atmosphere of a Val Lewton film.

"I don't use a pen: I write with a goose quill dipped in venom!"---W. Lydecker

[–] millsey72 (9551) 2 years ago

Didn't the Nazis though just bomb military targets in London? This movie implicates that Germany was bombing civilian targets. I know America bombed civilian targets in Japan in 1945 with their 2 bombs

[–] greenbudgie (2355) a year ago

The Luftwaffe were targeting the docks area in East London rather than being totally indiscriminate. But as you can guess a lot of housing was bombed through misfires etc.