GASP! All Dayer: Dracula's Daughter (90th Anniversary)
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.
Showing Before the Feature: Loser Lesbian Vampire
Written and Directed by Lula Cherry, USA, 2026.
Carmilla is a vampire with a hopeless crush on Laura, an effortlessly
cool writing major. To cope, Carmilla throws herself into toxic distractions:
hooking up with a Mormon closeted lesbian whose blood tastes like
repression, and murdering men (even though she finds masculine blood
absolutely revolting.) Torn between hunger and heartbreak, Carmilla's unlife is
spiraling. But obsession, like immortality, is hard to kill.
All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, and the film start time is as advertised above.
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Director: Lambert Hillyer
- Country: U.S.A
- Year: 1936