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starring: Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, Gilbert Emerydirected by: Lambert Hillyer
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302526172
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302526175
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: September 16, 1997
Running Time: 71 minutes
Sales Rank: 17555
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: May 11, 1936
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This cut-rate sequel to Dracula, sans Bela Lugosi, turns out to be an unexpectedly sleek and stylish movie. Gloria Holden, tall, dark, and continental, is the aristocratic title character fighting her nature and seeking a cure for her affliction. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Garth (Otto Kruger), encourages her to 'face her fears,' but when she lures a pretty young streetwalker to her room to model for a painting, the temptation of her fleshy offering proves too much to overcome. Edward Van Sloan reprises his role as Van Helsing, held by the police for the murder of Count Dracula (the film opens on the final scene from Dracula) but released in the nick of time to help Garth, now at the mercy of the bitter and vindictive vampire. Director Lambert Hillyer makes the most of his low budget, with austere, angular sets and an almost abstract sense of the foggy city night. Holden's mysterious face and tall, willowy body make her an even more striking vampire than Lugosi, and Irving Pichel's offbeat servant is like an American gangster with the breeding of a European aristocrat: thick and thuggish, but always proper. The script falls into the usual rut of Universal's later horror films, losing the mood in the busy plot, but the smooth style and Holden's dignified performance lift this above most Universal sequels. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - UNIQUE SEQUEL TO DRACULA! THIS IS AVAILABLE ON DVD!
Like 'The Bride of Frankenstein' sequel to 'Frankenstein', this film starts where Dracula ended. Two policemen find Reinfield dead at the foot of the staircase and Van Helsing exiting the cellar where he has just staked Dracula! That is where the story goes into it's own. Dracula's daughter is unique as the Countess wants nothing to do with her bloodsucking father's appetite for blood and has a strange looking henchmen to lure her victims to her home. I found this movie to be both interesting and ... Read More
Rating:  - Another Variation on Vampires
Two policemen descend a stairway and find a dead man. Another man says the murderer is in the coffin - with a wooden stake through his heart. This is a case for Scotland Yard. Professor Van Helsing explains his unbelievable story. The head of Scotland Yard says Van Helsing is either a murderer or insane. Two policemen are guarding the corpses. One must stay, he takes a revolver from his desk. A woman covered in black visits, and shows a ring to Albert. When the men from Scotland Yard arrive they find ... Read More
Rating:  - INTERESTING SEQUEL
This film is little known and even less scene. I cannot recall having ever seen it on TV, or at least not for many years and is one of the most ignored Univeral horror films.
Dracula's Daughter is the direct sequel to the 1931 classic although it did not appear until 1936. The film opens mere moments after the events in Dracula as two English constables enter Carfax Abbey and find the body of Renfield lying at the bottom of the stairs after being killed by Dracula. They then see Professor ... Read More
Rating: - Surprisingly Good and Ahead of its Time
This text refers to the transfer to DVD from the Dracula Legacy Collection
There are several occasions where this film draws from or directly imitates things that had been done before. The spoken introduction of the main character is a direct take on a scene that had been done by James Whale in "Bride of Frankenstein" a year earlier. The makeup for the main character's evil henchman (Irving Pichel) appears modelled after what Lon Chaney Sr. created for the role of the Phantom in "The Phantom ... Read More
Rating:  - Classic Monster Movie Thriller
I've only seen this movie once .. at AMC's monster fest 2000
i just recently ordered the VHS .. the point im makin only one time is the only time i needed to see it to know that it is a classic ,Gloria Holden got fame for the known part as Dracula's Daughter .. i dont see nothin wrong with it sure theres a lil bit of comedy not that much .... seriously how is that gonna hurt it .. there was a lil comedy in Dracula , when martin tries to get the spider away from Reinsfield ... so whats wrong with comedy.. ... Read More
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