My Son, the Vampire

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My Son, the Vampire ★½ Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire; The Vampire and the Robot; Vampire Over London; Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952

Last of Britain's Old Mother Riley series in which Lucan plays the Irish housekeeper in drag. Lugosi is a crazed scientist who thinks he's a vampire and wants to take over the world with his giant robot. Mother Riley interferes. Theme song by Alan Sherman. 72m/B VHS, DVD . GB Bela Lugosi, Arthur Lucan, Dora Bryan, Richard Wattis; D: John Gilling; W: Val Valentine; C: Stanley Pavey.