The film, with Victorian undertones, was produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.for Universal Pictures, the same year thatDracula (1931), another classic horror film, was produced within he same studio - both films helped to save the beleaguered studio.The middle-aged Baron de Varville is passed a note which he reads with his gloved hand:There will be a seat in Box A for M.Frances sits very erect and quiet in her seat at he table - and is often seen in profile.Mrs.Stevens regales them with humorous stories of her late husband, a down-to-earth, home-town man named Jeremiah [she later calls her husband a "swindler"]."John" died in the real-world from his bloody puncture wounds.(# 3 death)To feed off the dead teen and further strengthen himself, Freddy sucked in the blue-light of "John""s" soul energy.