Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 vampire horror film produced by Universal Studios, a sequel to the 1931 film Dracula. Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, the film stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden. Franco looked back to the iconic monsters of the 1930s, placed them in labyrinthine castles. If you were Count Dracula's little girl, all grown up and living in Eastern Europe around the time of, say World War I, who might you have the hots for? If you guessed the Red Baron, then you are thinking along the same lines. Amazon. com: Daughter of Dracula: Britt Nichols, Howard Vernon, Jesus Franco: Movies & TV. Daughter of Dracula. Franco looked back to the iconic monsters of the 1. Spanish countryside, and spiced up the thrills with nudity and eroticism — uncommon in American films of the period. The film is loosely based on Sheridan Le. Fanu’s “Carmilla.”A series of brutal killings are plaguing a remote European village. The locals insist they are the work of vampires, but a police inspector (Alberto Dalbes) and a reporter (Fernando Bilbao) dismiss this claim as superstition. The murders coincide with the arrival of beautiful Luisa Karlstein (Britt Nichols), summoned by her dying mother, who tells Luisa she is the direct descendent of a man who harbored a terrible secret. The movie is a combination of the lesbian vampire theme; the Italian giallo genre, usually with mystery elements and often with slasher, supernatural horror, or crime fiction elements; and sexploitation. I've always loved the sequel to the Lugosi film, starring Gloria Holden. And how disappointed I was when the film BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA never inspired a sequel! Well, here is my interpretation of what it could have been like. Browse through popular dracula daughter stories and books; or write your own. Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 film about a Hungarian countess who seeks the aid of a noted psychiatrist, in hopes of freeing herself of a mysterious evil influence. There aren’t any really scary horror moments. Count Dracula himself (Howard Vernon) is a character but remains in his coffin throughout. As a vampire films go, this is pretty tame stuff, the pace is far too slow to create much suspense, and the acting is merely fair. Bonus features on the unrated widescreen Blu- ray release include new audio commentary by film historian Tim Lucas, alternate “safe” footage (less sexually explicit), and original theatrical trailer. The film is in French, with optional English subtitles.
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