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Dracula's Daughter is a 1936 American vampire horror film produced by Universal Pictures as a sequel to the 1931 film Dracula.Directed by Lambert Hillyer from a screenplay by Garrett Fort, the film stars Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden in the title role, and Marguerite Churchill, and features, as the only cast member to return from the original, Edward Van Sloan – although his character's name ...
When Dracula escapes after his coffin is stolen, Van Helsing's daughter and his assistant are able to defeat him after the elder Van Helsing's death. Hugh Jackman played Gabriel Van Helsing , in Van Helsing (2004) alongside costars Kate Beckinsale and Richard Roxburgh , loosely based on Stoker's character.
Dracula is a film series of horror films from Universal Pictures based on the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker and its 1927 play adaptation. Film historians have had various interpretations over which projects constitute being in the film series; academics and historians finding narrative continuation between Dracula (1931) and Dracula's Daughter (1936), while holding varying opinions on ...
As Van Patten notes, the film is “not exactly faithful to Bram Stoker’s original,” but “Langella’s performance was amazing.” 'Nosferatu, the Vampyre' (1979)
Mina was played by Jan Francis in the 1979 film Dracula directed by John Badham, in which she is Van Helsing's daughter. This adaptation also switches Mina's role and makes Lucy (played by Kate Nelligan ) - who here is the daughter of Dr. Seward — Jonathan Harker's fiancée and Dracula's primary victim.
Dracula’s daughter will face off with the daughter of Dracula’s killer, Abraham Van Helsing. The Bride of Frankenstein, She-Wolf and Anck-Su-Namun from 1932’s 'The Mummy’ will also join ...
Van Sloan's roles in Universal's films date from the 1930s, including Dracula (1931), [6] Frankenstein (1931), and The Mummy (1932). [7] In the first of these, he played Professor Van Helsing, [6] the famous vampire-hunter, a role he had first taken in the successful touring production of Dracula by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston.
The Universal horror movie “Abigail” began as a modern-day twist on “Dracula’s Daughter,” but making a film about the legendary vampire’s blood-sucking scion wasn’t the reason why ...