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'''Sandor''': [[Brutal Honesty|Death]]. }}
'''''Dracula's Daughter''''' is a horror film from 1936 by [[Universal]]. It was the first sequel to the [[Bela Lugosi]] vehicle ''[[Dracula (
The film continues where the last one left off. Two constables stumble upon the corpses of Renfield and Count Dracula. They also meet Professor <s>Van</s> Von Helsing who tells them what has happened. Baffled by his [[Cassandra Truth|crazy story]], they call in [[Scotland Yard]] for help. Threatened with execution or the madhouse, <s>Van</s> Von Helsing calls for old student of his, psychiatrist Dr. Jeffrey Garth, to help him clear himself.
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At the same time, Countess Marya Zalenska, the title character, steals Count Dracula's body and burns it on a funeral pyre, hoping that she'll be set free from his vampiric influences and could begin a life as a normal woman. After this fails, she turns her attention to Dr. Garth, hoping that psychology is the way, despite the warnings of her servant Sandor.
The producers did their best to tone it down, but the film is still has some [[Les Yay|Les Yayness]] evident.
Was followed by ''[[Son of Dracula]]'' in 1943.
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* [[Answer Cut]]: ''See'' [[Inadvertent Entrance Cue]]'', below.''
* [[The Archer]]: Sandor starts firing arrows at Dr. Garth when he approaches Castle Dracula.
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* [[Hard Work Montage]]: Shown when the police begin searching for the Countess
* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: When the Head of Scotland Yard tells his man-servant that he is going hunting "vampires," the latter replies: "But I always understood you went after [[The Vamp|them]] with chequebooks, sir."
** Wouldn't that qualify more as [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]?
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: <s>Van</s> Von Helsing insists telling the truth about Dracula's death, even risking being sentenced to execution or an [[Bedlam House|asylum]].
* [[I Do Not Drink... Wine]]: But tea is fine.
* [[Inadvertent Entrance Cue]]: When Dr. Jeffrey Garth asks the question, "What could have made those two small puncture marks over the jugular vein?", a maid announces: "Countess Zalenska!"
* [[Impersonating an Officer]]: Dr. Garth poses as a Scotland Yard operative at one point.
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* [[Punctuated Pounding]]
* [[Purple Prose]]: Marya, burning her "father's" body:
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* [[The Renfield]]: Sandor.
* [[Sassy Secretary]]: Janet.
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: Cowardly constable Albert and his superior, Sgt. Hawkins, who provide some comic relief early in the film.
* [[Title Drop]]
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* [[Tragic Monster]]
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* [[The Von Trope Family]]: As you can tell by now, Van Helsing's name is inexplicably turned into Von Helsing.
* [[Woman in Black]]: Marya.
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[[Category:Films of the 1930s]]
[[Category:Universal Horror]]
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