Prichards12345 Dracula's Daughter has become very influential in its own way. The lethargic vampires of Anne Rice owe a debt to this movie, which features a fine performance from Gloria Holden in the titular role, seeking a cure for vampirism. A lush, well-produced movie which well overstepped its alloted budget. While the pacing is still quite slow, it suits the mood of the picture splendidly. Its closest cousin in the Universal stable is probably The Mummy and its own sequel Son of Dracula.It mixes humour and horror suprisingly well, and the humour is never overdone in the manner of a lot of 30s horrors. Otto Kruger and Marguerite Chuchill make an excellent bickering couple, contrasting nicely with the mood of death surrounding the Countess Marya Zeleska (Holden). She steals the body of her father early to cremate and exorcise his remains in the hope of gaining freedom from the curse, but to no avail. The subtle lesbian tone of the seduction scene, where Nan Grey's street waif succumbs to the Countess, is pretty remarkable for the time.The film is set immediately after Dracula, and Edward Van Sloan returns as VON Helsing (why not Van?), which is more than can be said for Dr. Seward, Jonathon Harker and Mina!All in all a worthy sequel to the Lugosi classic.

Cineanalyst "Dracula's Daughter" is a disappointing sequel to both the 1931 film and to Bram Stoker's novel. Although it begins where the 1931 "Dracula" ended, at Carfax Abbey after the killing of Dracula, and it ends where that film began, at the Transylvanian Castle Dracula, most of what happens in between is antithetical to the spirit of either the "Dracula" film or novel. There's no Bela Lugosi. The only actor and character from the 1931 film has a minor role and is inexplicably renamed from "Van Helsing" to "Von Helsing." And Stoker's novel about faith and a female leader and surrogate storyteller (in the Mina character) is turned into one of pseudoscience and a female vampire largely reduced to a damsel-in- distress stereotype stuck between the wills of two men (the shrink and the dead Dracula, as aided by the living Sandor).This is essentially the same misogynist tripe, brought even more to the forefront, that the 1931 film did to the Mina character, where two men, Dracula and Van Helsing, had a contest of wills for her soul. At least, that film kept some of Stoker's religion. This time, the Countess tries to exorcise her father's body with a cross, but after that fails, and she continues to be haunted by him, she turns to psychiatry—specifically one male psychiatrist, who specializes, of course, in hypnosis. It's the Madonna and the Whore dichotomy once again, and when the Countess submits to being the "bad" one in the end, she's punished by the scorned man penetrating her with an arrow. (Interesting that they show this and didn't show a man staking another man in the first film.)Too bad, too, because this sequel has some things going in its favor. There's good atmosphere in parts, highlighted by the fog and musical score. Gloria Holden is a worthy successor to Bela Lugosi. She bares no physical resemblance to him, nor similar acting style, but she's convincing as Dracula's daughter because she shares an eerie aura about her. And she paints and plays piano. It doesn't suffer as much from the early-talkie staginess of its predecessor. And the homoeroticism when the Countess preys on a female victim is more explicit than Dracula's predation of Renfield in the first film. Otherwise, the psychiatrist is a jerk. He expresses his shock over a female not having the vanity of 20 mirrors in her flat. He demands that women fondle his tie and, then, demeans them when they don't do it correctly. Good thing he's not a Freudian.The vampire-meets-psychiatry premise is ripe for parody; unfortunately, however, this film plays it straight. Years later, the Dracula parody "Love at First Bite" (1979) realized that pseudoscientific shrinks (in that case, a Freudian) are the most gullible and so readily and enthusiastically believe in vampires. "Dracula's Daughter" is more pretentious, so we listen to characters rattle on with a straight face for a while regarding the "modern science" of the magic of hypnosis and some other misplaced notions that make about as much scientific sense as Stoker's blood transfusions performed without regard to blood types. After the bumbling bobbies, most of the comic relief here comes from the screwball-type banter between the shrink and his secretary, but even this comes off as mostly mean spirited. Meanwhile, cinema's first sympathetic vamp is little more than a misogynistic trope.(Mirror Note: Besides the hypnosis machine, the only mirror shots are of a man fiddling with his tie. Figures.)

MonsterVision99 Draculas Daughter its perhaps one of the most underrated gems in horror history, its great at creating atmospheric, chilling and intense scenes.The film picks up right after Dracula (1931) ended, with Von Helsing having just killed Dracula, hes arrested by the murder of Dracula, Von Helsing its the only character from the first movie that returns, Edward Van Sloans acting its improved here.Our new vampire is Contessa Marya Zeleska, shes as good as Lugosi was in the first movie, at first she only wants to be a normal person, but as the movie goes on you start realizing how obsessed she is with being normal that makes her do evil deeds, and that makes her a villain.Overall, the film its really enjoyable, great acting from both the main characters and the rest of the cast, great atmosphere and its also a bit intense at times.

jacobjohntaylor1 This a sequel to Dracula (1931) and it is great. It is very scary. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. If you like scary movies then you need to see this movie. Van H.e.s.l.i.n.g must now fight Dracula's Daughter. This movie is very intense and dark. I like it. If you like scary movies you will like it to. Dracula (1931) is a little bite better. But still this is a great movie. It is a must see. I need more lines and I am running out of things to say. Great movie great movie great movie great movie great movie. Very scary very scary. This movie is a must see. Very scary very scary very scary.