I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Fantastic!

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Pleasant surprise. I expected horror in 30's style and got decent drama instead. This movie is not similar to most of the classic horrors from that era. It's just an hour long, there's very little action and no special effects at all. Nothing spectacular, but very enjoyable to watch. It has good atmosphere and it is not tiring at all. I really enjoyed it and, however silly it could sound, I think it's better than famous Dracula from 1931, which is direct prequel to this movie (Daughter begins with ending scene of Dracula).7,5/10

Dracula's Daughter (1936) *** (out of 4) Countess Zeleska (Gloria Holden) shows up at the police station where Dracula's dead body is laying in rest after he was killed by Professor Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan). Pretty soon more bodies are showing up with their blood drained and soon the female vampire has her eyes on a doctor Otto Kruger).Sequels are hardly ever good but that was never the case at Universal when it came to their monster movies. More times than not the studio managed to turn out very good sequels and sometimes they would pass up even the original film. Most people feel that BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN is better than FRANKENSTEIN and there are others who feel that this film is much better than its 1931 original with Bela Lugosi. DRACULA'S DAUGHTER is certainly a different type of picture than what was being made during this period of the genre.Horror films were banned starting around this time so that might explain why much of the more Gothic elements are left off the screen. There really aren't all that many attacks as the movie is a lot more suggestive, which actually helped the movie in the long run. Of course, by being more suggestive there's a lot of stuff people like to guess at including that DRACULA'S DAUGHTER is an early example of a lesbian vampire. There are a couple seduction scenes where the Countess attacks women and it seems pretty clear there was some intent behind them from the filmmakers.The performances are a major plus with Holden doing a terrific job in the title role. She certainly captures the sexuality of the character but more importantly she captures the coldness and the tortured side of her sole. Both Kruger and Van Sloan are good in their parts as are Marguerite Churchill and Irving Pichel. Billy Bevan is here with some comic elements, which were probably inspired by those in BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN but they don't work nearly as well here. Another major plus is that DRACULA'S DAUGHTER has a very strong atmosphere that helps make it quite memorable.

The best of the Universal Dracula films will always be the one from 1931 with Bela Lugosi, which is one of the best and most iconic Universal Studios horrors. But its follow-ups generally are worth a look; Son of Dracula despite Lon Chaney Jnr's miscast Dracula was much better than expected, being a good-looking film with a lot of atmosphere and at least two scenes among the best of any Universal Studios Gothic horror film but House of Dracula while watchable was disappointing apart from a couple of effective sequences, nice sets and a few good performances but did suffer mainly from having too many ideas and not enough time to explore them.Dracula's Daughter however is the best of them. Is it as good as the 1931 film? No, but it almost is. Two or three things do bring it down. The humour at the beginning with the cops was incredibly hokey and more overly-silly and misplaced than funny. Otto Kruger is an unappealingly stiff male lead, Garth has some very abrupt decision-making that Kruger overdoes to the point it gets annoying. And while the banter between him and Marguerite Churchill's Janet was very enjoyable and witty there was a little too much of it, it could have taken up less of the film and the film could have focused more on Von Helsing. Personal opinion of course.On the other hand, Dracula's Daughter has great production values. The costumes and sets are sumptuous and splendidly Gothic and the film's beautifully photographed too. The music score, actually sounding original and not stock, compliments the mood very well and has to be one of the eeriest of any of the music scores in the Universal horrors. Dracula's Daughter is wittily scripted as just as I appreciated the film noir-ish-like direction of Son of Dracula I also appreciated the sombre, moody approach that the direction in Dracula's daughter took. The story, apart from the hokey start, is fun and atmospheric, there is a real eeriness but a poignant edge too. Of individual scenes the scene with the Countess Zaleska and Lilli is infamous and for a reason. Apart from Kruger the acting is good, Marguerite Churchill is amusing and Edward Van Sloan once again brings class to Von Helsing but the most memorable turns are from Irving Pichel and especially Gloria Holden. Pichel is effectively sinister especially towards the end while Holden is unforgettable in the title, subtly creepy but somewhat tragic.All in all, not as good as the 1931 film but of the Dracula sequels Universal made to me Dracula's Daughter's the best one. 8/10 Bethany Cox

In London, two policemen find the body of a man, Renfield, with neck broken and Dracula with a stake through his heart. They arrest Prof. Von Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) that tells that he did it and take him to the Scotland Yard. The inspector Sir Basil Humphrey (Gilbert Emery) asks Von Helsing who might defend him and the professor asks for the psychiatrist Dr. Jeffrey Garth (Otto Kruger). Meanwhile, the mysterious Countess Marya Zeleska (Gloria Holden), who is Dracula's daughter, compels the policeman that is in charge to take care of the bodies and takes Dracula's body with her to bury him with her assistant Sandor (Irving Pichel) before dawn, expecting to be released from the family's curse. In Edinburgh, Jeffrey is hunting with friends and his assistant Janet Blake (Marguerite Churchill) comes to tell him that he has an appointment with the Scotland Yard to help his friend Von Helsing. When Von Helsing tells him about Dracula, Jeffrey believes that he is obsessed with the vampire and promises to help him. During the night, he goes to a party where he meets the Hungarian Countess and he tells his theories about the vampire blood thirsty that he believes is an obsession. Now, Countess Zeleska believes that Jeffrey can heal her and release her from her blood thirsty and she wants to bring him to her castle to spend the eternal life with her in Transylvania."Dracula's Daughter" is a great vampire movie, with the dramatic story of a vampire woman that wishes to be free from the curse of her father, Dracula. The plot is naive and funny, and the relationship between the annoying Jeffrey and the witty Janet is amusing. This is one of the best movies of Universal Studios in this genre. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "A Filha de Drácula" ("The Dracula's Daughter")