Product Details

• Actors: Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, Gilbert Emery
• Directors: Lambert Hillyer
• Writers: Bram Stoker, Charles Belden, David O. Selznick, Finley Peter Dunne, Garrett Fort
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: September 16, 1997
• Run Time: 71 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302526175
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,872 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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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

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What do you see in my eyes? ...DEATH!, July 27, 2000

By	Brett D. Cullum (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This was made 5 years after DRACULA, and as far as sequels go... it's amazingly good and well done. It's a sexy and creepy tale about a mysterious woman who shows up, steals the body of Count Dracula, and then begins to paint portraits of women in terror which are probably inspired by her victims she hunts in the shadows of fog drenched London. Gloria Holden is the titular vampire who makes an impressive turn as a woman torn between wanting to be released from an eternity of bloodlust and finding it impossible to deny her lineage. It moves faster than the 1931 Lugosi film, and it finds a lot of humor in its supporting characters. Don't know why this one is not more popular! But it was remade as NADJA, and by some accounts as SUNSET BLVD. (at least in part)! Definitely a worthy addition to your video collection.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Influential, underappreciated chiller, December 8, 1999

By	Adam P. Lounsbery (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Dracula's Daughter" is an excellent member of the Universal horror movie canon, even though its fame is eclipsed by Tod Browning's "Dracula," which starred Bela Lugosi. This sequel, released five years after "Dracula," picks up where the earlier film left off, with a mysterious woman appearing in England to claim the remains of The Count. With her hulking manservant in two, Dracula's distaff progeny seduces both men and women, all the while wishing she could be a normal woman. Though not terribly well-known, "Dracula's Daughter" greatly influenced novelist Anne Rice, the recent vampire art-house flick "Nadja," and even "Sunset Boulevard," which strongly echoes some of the themes and images of "Dracula's Daughter."

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best of the 1930's horror films., February 14, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Paris, Kentucky) - See all my reviews

Gloria Holden has no difficulty convincing the viewer that she is Dracula's daugther, her raven hair and compelling gaze show it quite clearly. A really wonderful supporting cast includes Edward Van Sloan from the original Dracula, Irving Pichel as her very creepy servant, Otto Kruger as Dr. Garth and even a small role for Hedda Hopper. Though considered a B movie it far surpasses many on the A list.