This Week in Fright Film History - November 5- 11, 2017

The Headless Horseman (1922) an American horror film released on November 5, 1922 was  adaption of Washington Irvings The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The film featured American humorist and actor Will Rogers.

Son of Dracula (1943)  directed by Robert Siodmak  and  starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Evelyn Ankers was released on November 5, 1943.   Son of Dracula (1943)  is the first film to show a vampire transforming into a bat. It was the third film in Universal Studios' Dracula trilogy, beginning with Dracula (1931)and Dracula's Daughter(1936).

Dwight Frye, best  remembered for portraying  Renfield in  Dracula (1931) and  Fritz in Frankenstein (1931) died of a heart attack while riding on a bus in Hollywood on November 7, 1943.

Abraham "Bram" Stoker the Irish novelist who created the most famous vampire in literature, Count Dracula was born on November 8, 1847 in Clontarf, Ireland.

  

Claude Rains an English stage and film actor whose career spanned 46 years. He was known for many roles in horror films, including The Invisible Man (1933), The Wolf Man (1941), and Phantom of the Opera (1943) was born on November 10, 1889