Daughter of Dracula, the glamourous fiend in enchanting frocks!
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Now that we are all on the come down from Comic Con, returning to a life bereft of news flashes, Tweens screaming, Twilight haters booing out Kevin Smith and sexy chicks dressed up in a plethora of well placed lycra. I found myself in somewhat of funk today. So what better to remedy my morose mood than to treat myself to some old Hollywood glamour, with some blood sucking thrown in for good measure. So I cued up the moving picture machine and grabbed some popcorn and had my vestal viewing of the classic horror film ‘Dracula’s Daughter‘.
The film stars the stunningly statuesque Gloria Holden as the Countess Marya Zaleska aka Dracula’s Daughter. The film is set in 1930’s London and we pick up our story at the point where Professor Van Helsing has slain Count Dracula. However he is being investigated by Scotland Yard, a troupe of key stone cop like British toffs who don’t believe his story that the Count was in fact vampyre, the undead, Nosferatu! Enter psychiatrist Jeffrey Garth who is called in by Van Helsing to assist in his defence however who has also been approached by the Countess to assist with her urges to feed on the London populace, both male and female.
The Countess, controversially for the time when the film was made, feeds on both male and female victims. We are confronted with a decadent scene where she entices a vulnerable young blonde into her studio under the guise of posing to paint for her, feeding her wine and asking her to disrobe down to her slip… For the time quite risque I would imagine! However Holden carries of the manipulation with grace and a pending desperation as she tries to rally against the hunger within. The hunger which has led to her loneliness which will eventually be her ultimate undoing.
The film has some haunting scenes, set against the backdrop of a foggy, gothic London. Contrasted with the art deco homes and gowns, creating a dichotomy of which Gloria Holden embodies in all her splendour!
Ms Harker
The stunning Gloria Holden
Tags: Classic Horror, Horror, Horror Films, Vampire
2 Responses to “Daughter of Dracula, the glamourous fiend in enchanting frocks!”
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Brian Says:
July 28th, 2009 at 3:03 amO hell yes. This has to be one of the most exquisite vampire movies ever made. From the opening scene where the Countess is burning her father’s coffin to the glamour-by-piano and lesbian assault on the artist’s model to Holden’s other-worldly and tragic beauty, this film has it all. A classic.
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Ms Harker Says:
July 29th, 2009 at 8:27 amI thoroughly enjoyed it, now trying to track down a good copy of Dracula…
