You’re not in London now, Dr. Garth, with your police. You’re in Transylvania, in my castle. – Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Hello to all of the classic people that are returning. I am glad you are back. I want to welcome any new visitors. Today on Classic Movie Review, we are taking on Dracula’s Daughter (1936).
On iMDB.com, this movie has a way too low 6.3 rating.[1] On Rottentomatoes.com, the film has a poor 64 percent on the Tomatometer and a 43 percent Audience score.[2] I know that I say this often; however, this movie is much better than the score indicates. I have a review in the works where I guarantee that I will say this movie is much worse than the scores it has.
New York Times film critic Frank Nugent (May 18, 1936) did give this movie a favorable review, saying, among other things, that “Gloria Holden is a remarkably convincing bat-woman” and it is “a cute little horror picture.”[3]
This simple little tale picks up where Dracula (1931) and Drácula (1931) ended. This brings up a question that has bothered me for some time. Why did Van Helsing remain behind in the dungeon after he killed Dracula? The simplest explanation would be to set up the sequel. Were they thinking that far ahead? Did they know the impact that Dracula (1931) would have? If so, why wait five years?
I think it may have to do with follow-up. It will become clear that I have thought about this way too much in a minute. But if I staked Dracula, I would also cut off the head, burn the body, scatter the ashes, pour on holy water, encase him in cement, cover with a silver mesh, etc. Just to be sure. I wouldn’t want Dracula’s bones to ride around in a traveling show with a stake where the heart was ala House of Frankenstein (1944) so he could materialize and remember that I staked him. I guess a healthy dose of paranoia can be helpful when killing vamps.
Actors – Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Returning
Edward Van Sloan reprised the role of Professor Von Helsing. In the original Dracula (1931), he was called simply Van Helsing. He must have spent the intervening years getting his doctorate. Wearing Coke bottle thick glasses, this older man eagerly fought the lords of darkness. No one else was as good except for maybe Hugh Jackman in Van Helsing (2004).
Edward Van Sloan was first covered in The Mummy (1932), playing a similar character with knowledge of the occult.
Hedda Hopper played a small role as Lady Esme Hammond. This gossip columnist was covered in Sunset Blvd. (1950).
Nan Grey played Lili, an important vampire victim. Grey was covered in Tower of London (1939).
E.E. Clive was cast in the role of Scottland Yard Sergeant Wilkes. Clive was discussed in Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
New
Gloria Holden played the role of Contessa Marya Zeleska, AKA Dracula’s Daughter. Holden was born in England in 1903. She moved to America as a child. Holden eventually studied at New York’s American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Holden had a relatively good career in theater before transitioning to films in the early 1930s. Her first credited role was Wife vs. Secretary (1936). Her film career continued until 1958 when she had a tiny uncredited role as a party guest in Auntie Mame (1958). iMDB.com states that she was a Hollywood leading lady in B-movies and a supporting actress in big-budget films. She is recognized for several important roles. Her most remembered role was as Mme. Zola in The Life of Emile Zola (1937). Her exotic performance in Dracula’s Daughter (1936) followed this. However, Holden was not happy to be assigned the role. Her third memorable role was in Miracles for Sale (1939).
Again, IMDB says that she had a profound influence on later culture. It is believed that her performance in Dracula’s Daughter (1936) directly affected the writing of vampire novelist Ann Rice and is mentioned in Rice’s novel “The Queen of the Damned.”
Also, Harold Winston, who discovered the actor Bill Beadle, reported that he renamed the actor in honor of his ex-wife, for whom he still carried a torch. Thus, Bill Beadle became William Holden. Gloria Holden died in 1991.
Otto Kruger played the role of psychiatrist and student of Dr. Van Helsing, Jeffrey Garth. Born in Ohio in 1885, Kruger attended Columbia University, where he began acting. Kruger made his Broadway debut at the age of 30 in 1915. His first film, The Runaway Wife (1915), was that same year. He was occasionally cast as a hero in films like Corregidor (1943). However, he was more often cast as amoral or a villain. His important roles include Dracula’s Daughter (1936), Saboteur (1942), Murder, My Sweet (1944), and High Noon (1952). A series of strokes led to his retirement in the mid-1960s. He died in 1974.
Marguerite Churchill played the role of Janet, assistant to Dr. Garth. Churchill was born in Missouri in 1910. Some of her 28 roles are quite memorable and include The Valiant (1929), The Big Trail (1930), Dracula’s Daughter (1936), and The Walking Dead (1936) with Boris Karloff. Her last movie was in 1950, and she died in 2000 in Oklahoma.
Gilbert Emery played the role of Scotland Yard commissioner Sir Basil Humphrey. Emery was born in Naples, New York, in 1875. During World War I, he served with the AEF as a liaison to a French Balloon Company. He made 80 films between 1921 and 1945. Some of his more memorable films include A Farewell to Arms (1932), Dracula’s Daughter (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), and That Hamilton Woman (1941). He died in 1945 in LA.
Irving Pichel played the role of assistant to Dracula’s daughter, Sandor. Pichel was born in Pittsburgh in 1891. He graduated from Harvard University in 1914 and immediately started working in the theater. Pichel founded the Berkeley Playhouse in 1923. He began studying at the Pasadena Playhouse when he moved to Los Angeles. Pitchel was active as an actor from 1921 to 1945. He began directing for 20th Century Fox in 1939. A lot of his movies were anti-German, pro-British films. Somehow this led to trouble with HUAC and blacklisting. While blacklisted, he moved into Film Noir. He also worked in Sci-Fi. Pichel died in 1954.
Story – Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
This movie picks up where the two 1931 Dracula’s end. Two Bobbies, a Sergeant and a patrolman, enter the dungeon of Carfax Abbey. They find a body on the floor that has a broken neck. This body should be that of Renfield, played by Dwight Frye in Dracula (1931). In the earlier movie, Dracula killed Renfield on the stairway as Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) entered the abbey. We also know that Mina (Helen Chandler) and John Harker (David Manners) left the abbey, leaving Van Helsing and the dead vampire alone.
Professor Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) comes out of the room where the dead Dracula is lying. The two cops are looking at Renfield’s body. Van Helsing tells that the body of Renfield’s killer is in the room he just exited. The Sgt. has the other officer stay with Van Helsing while he searches.
The Sergeant finds the dead vampire staked in his coffin. We are given a quick view of a low-quality wax figure with the appropriate look of Bela Lugosi.[4] The Sergeant is shocked by what he sees. It doesn’t help when Van Helsing says he killed the monster, who has already been dead for 500 years. They place Van Helsing in cuffs and haul him away to Scotland Yard.
Van Helsing is taken to Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Basil Humphrey (Gilbert Emery) to explain the murders. Van Helsing explains vampires to the commissioner, and his story is rejected by the commissioner.
Van Helsing wants to hire his psychiatrist friend Jeffrey Garth (Otto Kruger) friend to defend him. The commissioner thinks Van Helsing will either be executed or committed to an institution for the criminally insane. Van Helsing says he has done a service by killing the vampire.
The commissioner’s assistant enters and says the police want to know when Scotland Yar will pick up the dead bodies in their jail. The commissioner says the bodies of Dracula and Renfield will be picked up that night.
The Sergeant and Patrolman Albert (Billy Bevan) wait in the small town jail with the bodies. As it nears 9:30, the Sgt. leaves to meet the Scotland Yard man arriving on the train. Officer Albert is not happy to be left alone. Albert hears the sound of scratching from the cell. Albert sees a rat tunneling underground. The Sergeant doesn’t believe it until he sees the ground moving. The Sergeant gives Albert a small pistol before he leaves him alone.
The exterior door opens, and Albert is shocked to see a woman clad from head to toe in black. Her hair is covered, as is the lower half of her face. Her dark eyes are very frightening. The woman asks Albert to see the body of Count Dracula. Albert refuses, and she insists. She offers a bribe, and he again refuses. The woman shows her ring to Albert, and he is drawn into a trance. She tells Albert that he will remember nothing.
Near 10:30, the Sergeant returns with Sgt. Wilkes (E.E. Clive) of Scotland Yard, Albert is still under the spell, remembering nothing. He sits at the desk, staring straight ahead. When the Sergeant touches Albert, the cop falls from his chair.
Wilkes goes to the back room and discovers that the body of Dracula is missing. The two sergeants go in the back and look into the empty coffin. About that time, they hear a wolf howl. The wolf sounds sick based on its coyoteish cry.
In the fog-shrouded woods, the woman who stole Dracula’s body stands over it with her face unmasked. She has a look of great sadness. She says a spell over the burning body of Count Dracula, saying the body will be consumed in this purging fire. She also added that the baleful spirits in the souls of man be purged as she throws salt into the fire. She subsequently requests that Dracula’s body find eternal destruction through his unholy master. Finally, turning her face away, she picks up a handmade cross and asks that the evil spirit be cast out until the end of time.
Her assistant/Hound of Hell, Sandor (Irving Pichel), leaves his lookout post and approaches the woman. She says she is free from the curse and can take her place with the living. Sandor has a kind of negative attitude and says perhaps she is free, but who knows what the next night will bring. Sandor dress and manner remind me of Rasputin. They leave for London before the sun rises.
As the next night falls, the woman Countess Marya Zaleska, AKA Dracula’s Daughter (Gloria Holden), and Sandor are in a small flat in a poorer part of town that she uses for painting. Marya again says the spell is broken, and she can live a normal life. Sandor keeps bringing her down, believing nothing has changed. Marya sits at the piano and begins playing a lullaby. She talks of her memories, and each time, Sandor interprets the memory as some evil. Marya forbids Sandor to talk as the music turns evil. She realizes she is a vampire. She asks Sandor to look into her eyes, and when he does, he says he sees death. Sandor helps Marya put on her cloak to go into the night searching for a victim. She does not know why the line is not broken.
Sticking to traditional roles, she goes and bites a finely dressed gentleman. In Dracula (1931), men feed on females and females only on males. The man looks into Marya’s eyes, and his mind goes blank.
Marya makes it back to the apartment just before daylight. Sandor helps her off with her ring and cloak before she climbs into her coffin. Later, they show the man dying in an operating room four hours after his last transfusion, just like Lucy in Dracula (1931). The doctors don’t know what caused the two puncture wounds in his jugular vein.
In Scotland, Jeffrey Garth (Otto Kruger) is preparing for a hunt as a part of a long-overdue vacation. As they prepare, the doctor’s lovely assistant, Janet Blake (Marguerite Churchill), arrives in an open-top roadster, laying on the horn. She speaks to him like they are in a relationship. She tells him that Van Helsing has been charged with murder, and Garth must return to London to defend his friend.
Garth meets with Van Helsing, and although he is a physiatrist and not a lawyer, he agrees to represent his friend. Garth urges Van Helsing to stop spouting the vampire story. Garth was a student of Van Helsing in Vienna. Van Helsing makes a good case for the blurred line between reality and fantasy.
That evening, Garth attends a formal dinner party hosted by Lady Esme Hammond (Hedda Hopper). Garth admires a painting of a faceless woman, a dark tree branch, and the full moon. Lady Hammond says the painting was done by a Hungarian woman who recently arrived in London. As Lady Hammond talks about how charming the painter is, Countess Marya Zaleska is announced at the door.
Lady Hammond greets her guest as Garth gives Marya a looking over. Janet pops up in the background, showing the green-eyed monster. Marya and Garth are introduced. Shortly, she says, I never drink …. wine. Garth is drawn in by her eyes.
Eventually, the talk turns to Garth returning from Scotland to defend Van Helsing. The people at the party are thrilled by the story of the murder. Garth thinks they won’t be able to press the murder charge because Dracula’s body is missing. Marya’s eyes turn downward at the mention of Dracula’s body.
They begin to talk about vampires, and Marya wades in that many things are not understood. Garth continues that Van Helsing may have developed an unhealthy obsession with vampires. Betraying Van Helsing’s confidence as a lawyer and physiatrist, Garth also says it can be cured if the cause can be found for the obsession. This catches Marya’s attention. She asks Garth if they can meet one evening to discuss his theory. I believe he thinks it is a date.
Garth dresses for his meeting while Janet snips at and mocks him for his interest in Marya. Garth travels to Marya’s nice apartment. As he futzes with his tie, he says this is the first woman’s house he has been to that doesn’t have 20 mirrors. Marya says she is glad Van Helsing is not around because he would blame the lack of mirrors on the occult. She says a Hungarian legend says vampires do not cast a reflection in a mirror.
Sandor comes into the room and tells Garth he has a phone call. It is Janet making a prank call to interrupt his date. Garth rages at her, and she hangs up.
When Garth returns, Marya asks if the dead can influence the living. She says someone is reaching from the grave, filling her with horrible impulses. Garth doesn’t believe in the supernatural. He tells her that her mind can control the obsession, and it is a matter of being willing. Garth says that he will help Marya. He tells her that, like whiskey before an alcoholic, she must face a test to beat her problem. Garth tells her to set up a test to see if she can resist her obsession.
Sandor comes in and tells Garth he has another call. Marya tells Sandor that Garth can help her.
Garth rages on the phone, thinking it is Janet, but it is Dr. Beemish (Fred Walton) from St. Mary’s Hospital. He wants Garth to see a patient named Lady Ann. Marya sets up an appointment to meet Garth the next night. Garth leaves for the hospital.
After Garth is gone, Marya tells Sandor they are going to the studio to paint, so he must go out and find a model for her. Sandor lurks in the fog dressed as a mafia don. He sees a young woman looking at the water that may be getting ready to jump. He tells her the river is cold, but he knows a place with warmth, food, and money. She rejects his kind of money, but Sandor tells her it is a modeling job for a female painter. Oh, that’s okay, just go with the strange man now.
When she arrives, Marya is kind, and the girl is introduced as Lili (Nan Gray). Marya asks strange questions such as; Do you know where you are? Did you come willingly? And Have you seen me before? Sandor brings food and wine. Lili enjoys the food and drink as Marya continues. She says she is studying young girl’s heads and shoulders. Marya then asks her to take her blouse off. The naive Lili does as she was asked.
Marya watches as Lili removes her shirt. Then Lili volunteers to lower the straps of her slip. It is all very sexy. Marya can’t resist her vampire tendencies. Lili gets scared and wants to leave. Marya uses her ring to place Lili in a trance and moves in as the young female protests. With a scream from Lili, the scene is cut away as Marya feeds on her breaking the opposite sex rule.
Sometime later, Lili is brought to the hospital.
Garth comes in and rages at Janet for the prank phone calls. She resigns. Garth is immediately called to Lili’s room. The nurse tells him it is a rather unusual amnesia case. Garth tears up Janet’s resignation letter. He orders her back to work and to follow him to the examination.
Lili is staring straight ahead and also suffering from blood loss and amnesia. The other doctor says they have given Lili two blood transfusions. Garth says Lili is in a post-hypnotic trance. When Lili was picked up while wandering around, she said something about blood and a woman before going silent. The other doctors show Garth the two puncture wounds on Lili’s neck. Garth orders that she be given adrenaline to force her out of the trance.
Because of the puncture wounds, Garth goes to see Van Helsing, who is with Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Basil Humphrey. After reading the report, Van Helsing clearly states that the injuries to Lili are the work of a vampire. Sir Humphrey believes that since Dracula’s body is missing, he may be responsible for the attack on Lili. Van Helsing says no vampire could survive the staking. I guess Van Helsing never saw House of Frankenstein (1944). Sir Humphrey gets discussed with himself for starting to talk about vampires as if they were real.
Van Helsing says that Dracula created many vampires during his reign. Garth reminds Sir Humphrey about the dead gentleman found earlier. He thinks they may just be working on a defense for Van Helsing.
Garth says he thinks Lili will wake from the trance after dark. Van Helsing says the vampire will have a box of earth and no mirrors around. Garth starts to get the idea.
Later, Janet comes in dressed for the evening. Janet makes a case for keeping her job by tying Garth’s bowtie. Janet leaves in a huff. She meets Marya, who is coming in for her appointment. Janet lies and says Garth is out. Marya then hears Garth’s voice and asks Janet why she lied. No answer is given.
Garth is surprised to see Marya. She is trembling and begging for help. Marya says she will be leaving London that night. Marya says she gave herself a test as Garth recommended and failed horribly.
Garth unveils a machine he says will help Marya. The machine is a mechanical hypnotizer. When Marya learns the machine has lights reflected by mirrors, she refuses to proceed. Marya says there is no more time for experiments. She asks Garth to leave England and come away with her. She continues that he must save her soul. However, Garth begins to suspect Van Helsing is right and Marya is a vampire. He calls her out for not telling him the truth.
Garth gets the call that Lili is ready. He tells Marya to wait and be ready to tell him the entire truth when he returns. After that, they can form a plan. Marya says to herself that she will be leaving London tonight, and Garth will be coming with her. Sandor is outside the hospital with the car. It seems Marya’s mind summons him to come to her.
Before Marya leaves, Janet returns. Marya is keeping a civil tone, but Janet is being harsh. Janet says Garth is only interested in Marya as a patient. Sandor enters the room wearing a bellhop outfit. Janet is frightened by Sandor’s sudden entrance. Marya orders him to load Janet in the car after taking her out of the backway.
Lili is away in her room. Garth, a nurse, and two other doctors are present. They dim the lights and crank up Garth’s mechanical hypnotizer. Lili is freaking out a bit. Garth talks as the machine places Lili in a responsive mode. She resists as Garth urges her to remember. Lili begins to talk about Marya’s ring, her eyes, and not wanting to pose. Lili gives the location of Marya’s studio in Chelsea. Lili drops dead.
Garth heads out to find Marya. He finds the window open and hears the car pull away. He then travels to Chelsea, where he finds the art studio above a bookstore. The bookstore owner tells Garth that a woman matching Marya’s description is on the third floor, and strange things are happening there. Garth uses the phone to call Sir Humphrey.
Sir Humphrey is in bed working on his stamp collection when he gets the call. Garth gives the address and tells Humphrey to get Van Helsing and come to the studio immediately. Garth doesn’t wait and enters the studio alone. The apartment has been packed and is empty. Marya comes out of the back and announces that she is leaving for Transylvania that night, and Garth will be going with her. Garth tells her that she is going to Scotland Yard for the murder of Lili. Garth reminds Marya about the other man she killed. Marya admits for the first time she is Dracula’s daughter.
Marya tells that she has Janet as a prisoner. Garth calls and finds that Janet left a message saying she will meet him in Chelsea. Marya flees out the backdoor just before Sir Humphrey and Van Helsing arrive. Van Helsing is shocked that Dracula has a daughter. It should be that much of a surprise; he had three wives in Transylvania. Sir Humphrey is not buying the story. Finally, Sir Humphrey decides to put a dragnet around London. Van Helsing says that Marya will be found in Transylvania.
They put out a dragnet, but Marya gets through. Bobbies, wire flashes, files, pictures, and radio broadcasts are shown. An underling reports that they searched Marya’s apartment and found nothing. She has escaped from the city. Sir Humphrey gets a call that an unidentified plane with no lights left Dover before sunup.
In the morning, Sir Humphrey and Van Helsing are waiting at Scotland Yard. Sir Humphrey calls Paris. Van Helsing admires the planning of his new opponent. Another underling informs Sir Humphrey that Garth has chartered a plane and is flying to Transylvania after Marya and Janet. Sir Humphrey and Van Helsing decide to follow. Garth’s plane is shown at night, making its way to the continent.
In Transylvania, there is what appears to be a happy German village. They have an Oompa band playing. The happy villagers are drinking from stines and dancing in the street. A young couple is getting married. The howl of a sickly wolf from the castle’s direction puts a damper on the party.
Inside the castle, Marya begins to arise from her coffin. They cut away, and she is standing. A light is turned on in the castle, and the villagers start having a cow, maybe a whole herd. As they look in horror, many say Dracula has returned. The villagers make a dash for the safety of their homes. During the confusion, Garth arrives in a horse-drawn carriage. The driver is told that Dracula has returned, and he doesn’t want to go further. For the cheap sum of five pounds, Garth convinces the driver to take him to Borgo Pass. The rest of the villagers plan on barring their doors for the night.
At the castle, they have Janet in a trance. Marya explains her plan to Sandor, which includes giving Garth eternal life. Sandor wants to know about the promise to make him a vampire. Does anyone have an example of a familiar being turned into a vampire?
Sandor is very unhappy and says he will kill Garth if he comes to the castle. Marya is wrapped up in her planning and ignores Sandor. Marya and Sandor look at the tranced Janet. Sandor says it will not be long until Marya feeds on Janet. She agrees and sends him away.
The coach makes it to Borgo Pass, and Garth is dropped off by the driver, who quickly flees. Garth walks to the castle, and Sandor shoots a rather large arrow at him from the battlements. Garth has a pistol and continues inside the castle.
Marya is losing control and is about to feed on the helpless Janet. Garth begins to walk up the famous Dracula stairs when he sees a shadow near the top. Garth sees Sandor running and fires a shot at him. Marya stops short of Janet’s neck when she hears the shot.
Garth enters another basement that looks oddly like Carfax Abbey. Marya enters from a doorway under the stairs. Garth and Marya come face to face. Garth asks about Janet and is told she is safe. He begins to threaten Marya, saying that if she harmed Janet, but he is cut off when she replies that he is not in London with his police.
Sir Humphrey, Van Helsing, and two local policemen arrive in the town. They knock on the Inn door, and the keeper opens it. What is the point of barring the door for the night if you are going to open it when someone knocks? I think I know how these local vampires are finding victims. Land Shark.
Marya lets Garth go see Janet. He checks her over and sees that she has been placed in a trance. Garth thinks he can revive her, but Marya tells him her spell is older and Janet will die like Lili if he interferes. Marya says only she can break the spell on Janet if he agrees to stay and be her vampire buddy.
To save Janet, Garth agrees to become a vampire. Marya uses her ring and begins moving towards Garth. Sandor uses his bow and arrow to shoot Marya with another oversized arrow. As Marya is hit, Janet begins to move.
Humphrey and Van Helsing arrive in front of the castle as Marya staggers to the battlement before falling. Sandor aims another arrow at Garth, but he is shot dead by the police. Van Helsing and Humphrey go outside to find Marya.
Janet wakes, smiles, and hugs Garth. Van Helsing shows Marya’s dead body to Sir Basil Humphrey. He explains that she was killed by the wooden arrow passing through her heart like a stake. Sir Humphrey says she is beautiful, an odd thing to say about a murdered vampire. Van Helsing says she was, when she died one hundred years before.
Conclusion – Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Universal Studios’ original plan was to make a Dracula sequel based on the Bram Stoker short story “Dracula’s Guest.” During the negotiation with Bram’s widow Florence, it was discovered that the novel Dracula had accidentally entered the public domain. Since Florence Stoker wanted some creative control and Bela Lugosi wanted a lot more money to reprise his iconic role, the studio took the opportunity to write a new story for the movie.
The movie had a large budget for the time of $278,000. The movie was made on the Universal Studios lot in Universal City, California. It was filmed from February 4, 1936 – March 10, 1936.[5] Less than a week after the production wrapped, Standard Capital Corp., a prime studio creditor, seized the studio and threw the Laemmle, including founder Carl Laemmle, out of the business.
I don’t usually give trigger warnings, but I will in this case. From here on, I will be discussing queer coding in vampire films and literature. So, if you don’t want to hear this, stop now.
An NBCnews.com article by Elaina Patton from October 30, 2021, states that Dracula’s Daughter (1936) is “…The first, most famous and perhaps only example of an early Hollywood lesbian vampire film…”
Marya’s primary motivation is to free herself from the influence of her father, which is something most individuals experience at some point. This could be viewed as part of the lesbian vampire ethos.
Marya’s first revealed kill in London was a male. However, when she tested her desire as recommended by Garth, Marya had Sandor bring a female victim. Marya cannot resist the temptation and feeds on the young female Lili.
She then continues her quest for liberation by kidnapping another female, Janet. She wants to free Janet and turn Garth into a vampire. However, she is strongly tempted by Janet. Marya’s oppressive familiar fills every scene, breaking Marya’s spirit by telling her what she cannot accomplish. In a fit of jealousy, Sandor kills Marya with an arrow.
Returning to the article, it is made clear that Marya is not being portrayed as a creature in search of romance but is instead cast as a predatory lesbian. This makes her something to fear and a danger to the ordered society.
Evelyn Dar states, “One of the reasons people might like the lesbian vampire trope is it has a built-in good girl-bad girl trope. You see it a lot in lesfic, as well.” “It plays with that sense of danger that a lot of us like.” [6]
According to the article’s author, Dracula’s Daughter (1936) helped lead to the sexual expletive female vampire films of the 1960-1970, following the demise of the Hayes Code.[7]
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[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027545/
[2] Dracula’s Daughter – Rotten Tomatoes
[3] https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=2&res=9E00EFDF1230E13BBC4052DFB366838D629EDE
[4] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027545/trivia/
[5] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027545/locations/
[6] From ‘Dracula’s Daughter’ to ‘Carmilla,’ lesbian vampire depictions prove immortal (nbcnews.com)
[7] From ‘Dracula’s Daughter’ to ‘Carmilla,’ lesbian vampire depictions prove immortal (nbcnews.com)
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