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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Universal EAN: 9780783260242 Format: Black & White, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC ISBN: 0783260245 Label: Universal Studios Languages: Manufacturer: Universal Studios MPN: MCAD21398D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 24, 2007 Running Time: 153 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: November 05, 1943 Editorial Review: Product Description: Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 07/24/2007 Amazon.com: Dracula's Daughter This cut-rate sequel to Dracula, sans Bela Lugosi, turns out to be an unexpectedly sleek and stylish movie. Gloria Holden, tall, dark, and continental, is the aristocratic title character fighting her nature and seeking a cure for her affliction. A sympathetic psychiatrist, Dr. Garth (Otto Kruger), encourages her to "face her fears," but when she lures a pretty young streetwalker to her room to model for a painting, the temptation of her fleshy offering proves too much to overcome. Edward Van Sloan reprises his role as Van Helsing, held by the police for the murder of Count Dracula (the film opens on the final scene from Dracula) but released in the nick of time to help Garth, now at the mercy of the bitter and vindictive vampire. Director Lambert Hillyer makes the most of his low budget, with austere, angular sets and an almost abstract sense of the foggy city night. Holden's mysterious face and tall, willowy body make her an even more striking vampire than Lugosi, and Irving Pichel's offbeat servant is like an American gangster with the breeding of a European aristocrat: thick and thuggish, but always proper. The script falls into the usual rut of Universal's later horror films, losing the mood in the busy plot, but the smooth style and Holden's dignified performance lift Dracula's Daughter above most Universal sequels. Son of Dracula It was perhaps inevitable that, after playing the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's monster, and the Mummy, Lon Chaney Jr. would round out his horror resumé with a turn at the great bloodsucker himself (not, as the title would suggest, his son). Looking dapper and dignified under the cape, if not exactly threatening, Chaney plays Count Alucard (that's Dracula spelled backwards), a mysterious Carpathian summoned to America by a "morbid" heiress (Louise Allbritton). Eric Taylor's script is rather clunky, but the story (by horror specialist Curt The Wolfman Siodmak) is often quite clever, playing like a supernatural twist on a psycho-thriller. Allbritton's frustrated fiancé Robert Page accidentally "kills" her while trying to shoot Alucard (who imperiously stands up to the hail of bullets) and then goes stark raving mad as he watches the dead rise to life and the living disappear in wisps of smoke and morph into creaky stage bats. Future film noir legend (and Curt's brother) Robert Siodmak (The Killers) does wonders with the swampy, misty Deep South setting despite his obviously threadbare budget, transforming the usual clichés into moments of inspired melodrama. Only the clumsy antics of the skeptical cops and the plodding exposition spouted by an old Carpathian doctor (he just happens to be the local MD) get in the way of this moody minor horror gem. --Sean Axmaker Average Rating:
 Rating: - More Worthwhile Than You Might Expect!Well no, there's nothing on the level of "Bride of Frankenstein" contained in this collection, but these movies aren't as awful as they might sound. Sure, Universal was a factory back in the day, pumping out sequels without any real concern for the content. Still, there's some very good stuff to be found here. Dracula's Daughter is, in my opinion, the weaker of the two Dracula sequels. Perhaps it's just too much of a departure from the original premise, featuring an almost likable ... Read More Rating: - Dracula's Daughter A+; Son of Dracula CDracula's Daughter is a very nice movie. The plot is solid, and the actors and costumes really shine. The main actors in particular are all impeccable and fabulously adorned. The actors themselves seem to embody the true emotions of their characters. This is much better than the trite and see-through acting of many similar movies from the same time period. Dracula's daughter is also not gory or extremely scary, which seems quaint these days. I would give Dracula's Daughter 5 stars by itself. Read More Rating: - DRAC'S BACK........WELL ALMOST! MORE UNIVERSAL FUN!Here are two more films from the Universal vault. They are surprisingly good considering Bela Lugosi isn't in either of them. The first one is 'Draucla's Daughter' which is a pretty good film and much more serious than the title sounds. The second feature is 'Son of Dracula' of course, Drac had to have a son too. This one is not quite as good as the other, but, it's good all the same. Both of these films are far less silly than some of the later Frankenstein films....maybe not as fun though. The DVD transfer ... Read More Rating: - two great "Dracula" franchise titlesUniversal's "Dracula" franchise was one of the studio's most popular and profitible. This DVD bundles together two of the better titles, "Dracula's Daughter" (1936), and "Son of Dracula" (1943). DRACULA'S DAUGHTER has always held a fascination, largely thanks to Gloria Holden's nuanced performance in the title role. Countess Marya Zaleska (Holden) is a beautiful member of the aristocracy with a dangerous secret; fits of uncontrollable bloodlust and the need to stalk and kill pretty young girls...not ... Read More Rating:  - Sons and daughtersAnything worth doing... is worth making a bunch of sequels to. That's what Hollywood has always thought, anyway. And in the case of Bela Lugosi's classic "Dracula," it resulted in two decidedly disparate sequels. While "Daughter of Dracula" is creepily erotic and darkly intriguing, "Son of Dracula" is just a tepid, lifeless remake of the original, more or less. "Daughter of Dracula" is an immediate sequel, taking place only hours after the end of the original film. A beautiful Transylvanian ... Read More |
