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Did anyone also happen to notice...?

posted 16 years ago by joshuafriedman
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John Beal's character, Dr. Paul Beecher, makes an (albeit brief)
appearance in the next Landres/Fielder outing "The Return of Dracula".
Though Beecher is this time played by Robert Lynn, the exterior of his
practice looks exactly the same as it did in "The Vampire" (no doubt
via stock footage from that film). In that Beal's Beecher dies by the
end of "The Vampire", can we now consider "The Return of Dracula" as
it's prequel?! The fact that the "Midnite Movies" DVD release of the
films has "The Return... " headlining the double-bill would seem to
support this, however... this fact is not made mention of anywhere (not
where "Midnite Movies" usually has a "Fun Fact" listed, not on any of
IMDb's trivia listings or user comments till now). Anyone out there
agree or disagree?

[–] kga58 16 years ago

I did notice that. Thought it was cool. I looked for some sort of reference to VAMPIRE and RETURN in MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD, which had some of the same production people on it, such as Pat Fielder.

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[–] filmwatcher-2 15 years ago

My guess is that it was just easier to use the stock footage and they felt no one would notice or care. I doubt there's a narrative connection between the two films. Interesting idea, though: I'd noticed this for years but never thought of that.

[–] vpilutis 13 years ago

The worst ever use of stock footage is the 1958 color remake of Tarzan the Ape Man which used black and white footage from the first Tarzan the Ape Man.

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