On board ship, Stone confers with a deck hand about his cargo. This is actually director Lewis, filling in for a missing actor, hiding behind a phony mustache and a phonier cockney accent. What follows is an odd scene between Rogers and the dandy young Lord, with clumsy dialogue explaining the actor's youth and the presence of billiard cues without a table. Stone first attempts to hypnotize Gold with his new magic ring, part of his legacy. Yes, as no one could suspect unless they knew the title of the film, the brandy is actually the blood of the long-deceased Count, who lives again through his descendant.
Gold is rewarded with a broken cue through the heart.
He allays Helene's suspicions by hypnotizing her with the ring. Though Lewis seems proud of it in his commentary, this is by far the crappiest looking Dracula ring ever, seemingly a few shiny objects jammed into a cube of clay. To keep the plot going, the vampire makes a list of descendants of Dracula's enemies, and sets out on a reign of terror to claim his vengeance. Wilkinson is gorgeous, but unskilled as an actress. She ended up marrying Lewis' cameraman Andy Romanoff, who went west and became a crewman on Hollywood productions.