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Dracula's Daughter
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Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 horror and vampire film directed by Lambert Hillyer, based on Dracula by Bram Stoker and written by David O. Selznick for Universal Pictures. Shot in black-and-white by George Robinson with music by Heinz Eric Roemheld and editing by Milton Carruth, it stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill and Edward Van Sloan, and is set in London and Transylvania. The story follows a countess from Transylvania who seeks a psychiatrist's help to overcome her vampiric urges.
Released in the United States on 11 May 1936 with a runtime of 71 minutes and a budget of 278,380, it was followed by Son of Dracula. It received an IMDb rating of 6.3 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 64%, and was rated Approved.
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Film · TMDB
6.0A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
Cast
- Otto Kruger as Jeffrey Garth
- Gloria Holden as Countess Marya Zaleska (Dracula's Daughter)
- Marguerite Churchill as Janet
- Edward Van Sloan as Professor Van Helsing
- Gilbert Emery as Sir Basil Humphrey
- Irving Pichel as Sandor
Themes
- london, england
- monster
- parent child relationship
- transylvania
- vampire
- castle
- melancholy
- undead
- sequel
- murder
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
8,377 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
- Year
- 1936
- Runtime
- 71 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Lambert Hillyer
- Written by
- Suggested by: , Oliver Jeffries , Treatment: , John L. Balderston , Kurt Neumann , Contributing: , R. C. Sherriff , Peter Dunne , Charles S. Belden
- Screenplay by
- Garrett Fort
- Story by
- John L. Balderston
- Based on
- " Dracula's Guest ", 1914 story, by Bram Stoker
- Produced by
- E. M. Asher
- Starring
- Otto Kruger , Gloria Holden , Marguerite Churchill
- Cinematography
- George Robinson
- Edited by
- Milton Carruth
- Music by
- Heinz Roemheld
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- May 11, 1936 ( 1936-05-11 )
- Running time
- 71 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $278,000
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Son of Dracula
- Follows
- Dracula
- Based on
- Dracula
- Director
- Lambert Hillyer
- Screenwriter
- David O. Selznick
- Cast member
- Douglas Wood
- Composer
- Heinz Eric Roemheld
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- George Robinson
- Narrative location
- Transylvania
- Duration
- 71
- FilmAffinity ID
- 182614
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Dracula's Daughter (1936 poster).jpg
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- Commons category
- Dracula's Daughter
- publication date
- 1936-05-11
- film editor
- Milton Carruth
- title
- Dracula's Daughter
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Albert S. D'Agostino
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Bram Stoker
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- castle
- review score
- 64%
- capital cost
- 278000
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
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Encyclopedic overview
Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 American vampire film produced by Universal Pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film Dracula. Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, the film stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden in the title role, and Marguerite Churchill, and features, as the only cast member to return from the original, Edward Van Sloan – although his character's name was altered from "Van Helsing" to "Von Helsing".
Dracula's Daughter tells the story of Countess Marya Zaleska, the daughter of Count Dracula and herself a vampire. Following Dracula's death, she believes that by destroying his body, she will be free of his influence and live normally. When this fails, she turns to a psychiatrist, Dr. Jeffrey Garth (Kruger). The Countess kidnaps Dr. Garth's assistant, Janet (Marguerite Churchill), and takes her to Transylvania, leading to a battle between Dr. Garth and the Countess in an attempt by him to save Janet.
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