Rent Dracula's Daughter (1936)
3.3 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 8min
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- Synopsis:
Dr. Von Helsing (Edward Van Sloan), thinking he has rid London of all vampires, is instead arrested for murder. Just when Von Helsing's fate seems sealed, the bodies suddenly disappear. Soon several people are found mysteriously killed, their bodies drained of all blood. Meanwhile, beautiful and mysterious Countess Marya Zaieska (Gloria Holden) appears in London. The troubled woman seeks the understanding Dr. Garth (Otto Kruger), Von Helsing's psychiatrist, for consultation. A mysterious sequence of events surrounding a disorientated young girl (Nan Grey) leads Von Helsing and Garth to deduce the countess must be a vampire. They set off to Transylvania after the elusive countess to rescue Garth's beautiful fiancee (Marguerite Churchill) in this engrossing thriller. - Actors:
- Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, Gilbert Emery, Irving Pichel, Halliwell Hobbes, Billy Bevan, Nan Grey, Hedda Hopper, Claud Allister, Edgar Norton, E.E. Clive, Agnes Anderson, John Blood, David Dunbar, Douglas Gordon, Owen Gorin, Gordon Hart, Elsa Janssen
- Directors:
- Lambert Hillyer
- Producers:
- E.M. Asher
- Writers:
- Garrett Fort, Bram Stoker, David O. Selznick, John L. Balderston, Charles Belden, Finley Peter Dunne, Kurt Neumann, RC Sherriff
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
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Poetic sequel ... - Dracula's Daughter review by NP
A sequel to Dracula without Bela Lugosi seems unthinkable, but that is what happened - his corpse is represented by a wax model seen for seconds before being extinguished on a pyre presided over by a haunted, dewy-eyed woman claiming to be his daughter.
Gloria Holden plays Contessa Marya Zeleska with a skillful mixture of the sinister and vulnerable. Edward Van Sloan is back from Dracula, although his character is now known - inexplicably - as Prof Von Helsing, and it is his job to wade through the bland veneer of officialdom to continue his pursuit of the undead.
Irving Pichel plays Zeleska's servant Sandor with spine-chilling vigour, all lurking and muttering apocalyptic words of doom as only the best creepy servants do.
My favourite character is Lili, played by Nan Grey, and her plight echoes Zaleska's own. The way the loss of Lili is treated so insignificantly makes her story a real tragedy. Poor little blighter!
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