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The Vampire Woman – Dracula’s Daughter at St James
21 November 1936 · Evening Star
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The Evening Star warmly reviews Dracula’s Daughter during its run at Dunedin’s St James Theatre. It praises the film’s acting, visual shadows, sustained suspense and mixture of supernatural menace with psychological explanation. Particular attention goes to Gloria Holden’s restrained performance as the Count’s daughter, with Otto Kruger, Marguerite Churchill, Irving Pichel and Edward Van Sloan also discussed. The review describes the heroine’s unsuccessful attempt to escape her inherited bloodlust and the comic exchanges that relieve the darker scenes. It records an enthusiastic local response to the 1936 sequel. The surrounding newspaper feature contains reviews of other films, which should not be mistaken for part of the Dracula review.
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