Ep. 53: Dracula's Daughter (1936) - Lesbian Power

Published: July 16, 2019, 9 a.m.

b'Well hello there! This week your favorite ghouls discuss the direct sequel to Universal Studios Dracula (1931). Dracula\'s Daughter may have been a flop upon release but as the trailer suggests... "IT\'S MORE EXCITING THAN DRACULA!" We\'d have to agree! Who doesn\'t love an artistic and powerful lesbian vampire!?\\n\\n---\\n\\nThanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com\\n\\nBuy some delicious coffee from our sponsors: www.recesscoffee.com\\n\\n----\\n\\nResources:\\n\\nAttack of the Leading Ladies: Gender, Sexuality and Spectatorship in Classic Horror Cinema by Rhona J. Berenstein. Columbia University Press. 1996.\\n\\nQueer Horror: Decoding Universal\\u2019s Monsters by Gary Morris\\nhttps://brightlightsfilm.com/queer-horror-decoding-universals-monsters/#.XP_QZZNKiu4 \\n\\nDracula\\u2019s Daughter by Gary D. Rhodes\\nhttps://read.amazon.com/?asin=B07C7H8C25 \\n\\nHow the vampire became film\\u2019s most feminist monster by Genevieve Valentine\\nhttps://thedissolve.com/features/exposition/964-how-the-vampire-became-films-most-feminist-monster/\\n\\nThe Life and Times of Marya Zaleska, Dracula\\u2019s Daughter: Part One by Doris V. Sutherland\\nhttps://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2016/10/life-times-marya-zaleska-draculas-daughter-part-one/\\n\\nThe Life and Times of Marya Zaleska, Dracula\\u2019s Daughter: Part Two by Doris V. Sutherland\\nhttps://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2016/10/life-times-marya-zaleska-draculas-daughter-part-two/\\n\\nLike a Woman Rising from a Tomb: Dracula\\u2019s Daughter (1936) and the Fin de Si\\xe8cle by Samm Deighan\\nhttps://diaboliquemagazine.com/like-a-woman-rising-from-a-tomb-draculas-daughter-1936-and-the-fin-de-siecle/\\n\\nCODED QUEERNESS IN DRACULA\\u2019S DAUGHTER (1936) by ELIZABETH ERWIN\\nhttp://www.horrorhomeroom.com/coded-queerness-in-draculas-daughter-1936/\\n\\nLooking Back at \'Dracula\'s Daughter,\' the 1936 Monster Movie That\'s Really About Love and Lesbians by Colin Flemming\\nhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xd7993/looking-back-at-draculas-daughter-the-erotic-1936-film-thats-really-about-lesbians\\n\\nDracula\\u2019s Daughter (1936) Review\\nhttps://andyoucallyourselfascientist.com/2018/02/22/draculas-daughter-1936/\\n\\nDaughters of the Darkness - Lesbian Vampire Before and After the Hays Code by Lili Hornyai\\t\\nhttps://www.academia.edu/4854666/Daughters_of_the_Darkness_-_Lesbian_Vampire_Before_and_After_the_Hays_Code \\n\\nFinal Girl: Father was a Dracula\\nhttp://www.finalgirl.rocks/2010/08/drac.html \\n\\nHow Horror Thwarted \\u2018The Code\\u2019 By ELIZABETH ERWIN\\nhttps://glreview.org/article/how-horror-thwarted-the-code/ \\n\\nDracula\\u2019s Daughter Review by Will Kend\\nhttps://shadowsinfilm.wordpress.com/2015/11/12/draculas-daughter-film-article-3/ \\n\\nConversion Therapy\\nhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aversion%20therapy\\n\\nGay Conversion Therapy\'s Disturbing 19th-Century Origins\\nhttps://www.history.com/news/gay-conversion-therapy-origins-19th-century\\n\\nThe Feminists Making Vampires Gay Again\\nhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/the-feminists-making-vampires-gay-again\\n\\nFeminist Fangs: The Activist Symbolism of Violent Vampire Women\\nhttp://www.btchflcks.com/2015/10/feminist-fangs-the-activist-symbolism-of-violent-vampire-women.html#.XQWa1PlKhBw'