Directed by Lambert Hillyer

Written by John L. Balderston, Garrett Fort, David O. Selznick, Charles Belden, Finley Peter Dunne, Kurt Neumann, R.C. Sherriff

Based on ‘Dracula’s Guest’ by Bram Stoker

Starring Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Irving Pichel

USA, 1936, 71 minutes

Content Warning: Sexual threat

When Countess Marya Zaleska appears in London, mysterious events occur that lead Dr. Von Helsing to believe that the Countess must be a vampire.

Each year, GASP! includes an anniversary screening of a horror classic on their lineup, and for the Horror All-Dayer, they’ve gone way back to the year 1936 to bring you a 90th anniversary screening of the first-ever lesbian vampire film, Dracula’s Daughter. While various other films within this subgenre might be considered problematic from a modern point of view and while the representation in this film isn’t perfect, it is a massively progressive piece of queer representation for 1936 with overtones that are impossible to ignore. Incredibly bold for its time, this important piece of LGBTQIA+ cinema deserves a lot more recognition and is one of the rare sequels that manages to outdo its predecessor. Universal Monster movies are essential for any Halloween watchlist, so add Dracula’s Daughter to yours and come see this rarely screened, eerie, and gothic queer classic on the big screen.