Review of Dracula's Daughter (1936) by Michael C — 01 Oct 2012

The Dracula legacy continues in Universal's follow-up film Dracula's Daughter. Picking up where the last film ended, Von Helsing is charged with the murder of Count Dracula; meanwhile the mysterious Countess Marya Zaleska comes to London to see the remains of Dracula, looking to cure herself of his curse.

This is a rather poor sequel that stretched the material and doesn't have a clear story arc. Additionally, the film isn't as well cast and no one is able to bring the level of charisma that Bela Lugosi did.

There are some interesting things in Dracula's Daughter, but it doesn't have the dark and foreboding tone that made Dracula so compelling and terrifying.