In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
The Return of the Vampire has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Return of the Vampire was released in 1943 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 26 reviews, giving The Return of the Vampire (1943) an average rating of 51%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 63%. Professional critics were more impressed with The Return of the Vampire than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 51%, The Return of the Vampire is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1943, which stands at 59%.
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