The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and the daughter doesn't fall far from the Dracula. Son of Frankenstein's got nothing on this awful offspring. Her vacant gaze and grim monotone will drive you batty. And watch out for her manservant Sandor. He parts his hair down the middle and has a bow and arrow.
The film picks up after the end of Dracula (1931). Having driven a stake through titular's heart, van Helsing is arrested to by two extremely unfunny cops and locked up, his sanity in question. In an effort to free herself from the vampire's curse, Dracula's daughter, Countess Zaleska steals her father's body and burns it but to no avail. Her last hope is van Helsing's psychiatrist, who just isn't all that into her. Manservant Sandor gets jealous and let's just say he has a couple of pointed remarks for them both.
Maybe you need to adjust your expectations. Maybe all you really need is the one scene of a woman wearing a black robe, setting fire to Dracula's corpse, with lots of fake fog and spooky trees and stones. Sound effects of owls hooting. 10 kilograms of pure, uncut classic horror.
Maybe you're chasing the rush of the original 1931 Dracula, or just confused why Dracula's daughter doesn't have an accent, why her vampiric qualities are scarcely represented, why almost nothing happens, or how unlikable van Helsing's pscyhiatrist is, what'shisname, the main character. See what passes for lesbian subtext in a 1936 American film.
4.6 out 10. For the eyebrows.
The film picks up after the end of Dracula (1931). Having driven a stake through titular's heart, van Helsing is arrested to by two extremely unfunny cops and locked up, his sanity in question. In an effort to free herself from the vampire's curse, Dracula's daughter, Countess Zaleska steals her father's body and burns it but to no avail. Her last hope is van Helsing's psychiatrist, who just isn't all that into her. Manservant Sandor gets jealous and let's just say he has a couple of pointed remarks for them both.
Maybe you need to adjust your expectations. Maybe all you really need is the one scene of a woman wearing a black robe, setting fire to Dracula's corpse, with lots of fake fog and spooky trees and stones. Sound effects of owls hooting. 10 kilograms of pure, uncut classic horror.
Maybe you're chasing the rush of the original 1931 Dracula, or just confused why Dracula's daughter doesn't have an accent, why her vampiric qualities are scarcely represented, why almost nothing happens, or how unlikable van Helsing's pscyhiatrist is, what'shisname, the main character. See what passes for lesbian subtext in a 1936 American film.
4.6 out 10. For the eyebrows.