Vampire Over London

2144. VAMP1RE OVER LONDON (MY SON, THE VAMPIRE) (MOTHER RILEY MEETS THE VAMPIRE) (1953-ENGIAND). WITH BELA LUGOSI, ARTHUR LUCAN. THE COMIÂCAL CHARACTER OLD MOTHER RILEY WAS FEATURED IN A SERIES Of POPULAR BRITISH FARCES MADE BETWEEN THE LATE 1930S AND EARLY 1950S. PART Of THE JOKE WAS THAT THE CHARACTER WAS PLAYED BY AN ACTOR, MUSIC HAIL VETERAN ARTHUR LUCAN. THIS IS THE SERIES FINALE, AND IN IT LUCAN IS PAIRED WITH THE FABLED HORROR FILM STAR BELA LUGOSI IN ONE IF HIS LAST SCREEN ROLES. LUGOSI IS APPROPRIATELY CAST AS VON HOUSEN, WHO IS ALSO KNOWN AS “THE VAMPIRE.” HE IS THE DESCENDANT Of BARON VON HOUSEN, WHOM LEGEND HAS IMMORTALÂIZED AS A VAMPIRE, AND HE IS DESCRIBED AS “OWING HIS CONTINUED EXISTENCE TO THE CONSUMPTION Of HUMAN BLOOD!” SCOTLAND YARD OfFICIALS LABEL THIS DECLARATION PREPOSTEROUS. HOWEVER, WHAT THEY DO BELIEVE IS THAT VON HOUSEN IS DANGEROUS. VON HOUSEN’S LATEST CREATION IS A SUPER ROBOT WHICH HE CALLS “THE PERFECT MAN-MADE MAN” AND AN “INDESTRUCTIBLE GOD.” MOTHER RILEY, MEANWHILE, IS A COMICAL” FRAZZLED SHOPKEEPER WHO WRECKS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT MIGHT BURST INTO SONG. THE SCENARIO DETAILS THE MANNER IN WHICH THESE TWO DISPARATE CHARACTERS BECOME INTERTWINED, RESULTING IN A ROLLICKING SEND-UP Of CLASSIC VAMPIRE FILMS. LUGOSI PLAYS VON HOUSEN WITH TONGUE FIRMÂLY PLANTED IN CHEEK, WHILE LUCAN IS A RIOT AS RILEY. 74 MINUTES. COMEDY.