6 Degrees in Each Retelling

The crossover blog for In Each Retelling and Six Degrees of Star Wars. Because as it turns out, there's a LOT of overlap.

[ier-6d]

Greetings! I am IER-6D, Star Wars-Retelling Connections! You can call me Iyer. I am your pocket sized guide to the crossover blog for the In Each Retelling and Six Degrees of Star Wars podcasts, where hosts Jasmine and Sam explore the degrees in which adaptations all connect back to a galaxy far, far away. 

[isabelleadjani]

"she gives you that WEIRD FEELING" and the feeling is lesbianism

[charnel-grounds]

Dracula’s Daughter | 1936 | dir. Lambert Hillyer

Gloria Holden as Countess Marya Zaleska

[kino-ani]

Dracula's Daughter (1936) Dir. Lambert Hillyer

[kingbuffy]

Bela Lugosi's Dracula was revolutionary, and we wouldn't have the vampires we know today without him, but Gloria Holden's Marya Zaleska as Dracula's Daughter was the more compelling character to me. Not just for being one of the first lesbian coded vampires brought to film, but also her being one of the first reluctant vampires. Yes the text is inherently homophobic because of this, (since her main struggle is against her vampirism a.k.a. her lesbianism and when she gives into her nature she is killed for it), but I still find her arc compelling and interesting and would love to see her story played out with a more modern outlook; much in the same way we have reclaimed Carmilla as a lesbian icon in literature rather than the original books homophobic cautionary tale. I also think Gloria Holden's performance is the main selling point and she carries that movie all on her own.

[junkfoodcinemas]

Dracula’s Daughter (1936) dir. Lambert Hillyer

[confessions123midi]

1936; dir. Lambert Hillyer

“She gives you that weird feeling!”

[draculings]

Inktober 14! I was having a lot of feelings about Dracula’s Daughter this morning. We need more movies about queer-coded lady vampires.

Referenced from this photo!

[gothicegg]

i was going to stop making fake instagrams but i started thinking too hard about my favorite monsters today and here we are

[armand-a-cups]

OH THIS IS INTERESTING. the difference between dracula's daughter (wanting nothing but to be free from her father's remains and his curse) and frankenstein's son (wanting nothing more than to redeem his father and recreate his work).

[draculasdaughter]

Dracula, 1931. || Dracula’s Daughter, 1936.

[draculasdaughter]

The Mummy (1932) dir. Karl Freund Dracula’s Daughter (1936) dir. Lambert Hillyer

[letterboxd-but-make-it-a-meme]

[crustygaymer]

Finally, a question worth pondering

[draculasdaughter]

Gloria Holden in Dracula’s Daughter (1936) dir. Lambert Hillyer

[charnel-grounds]

Dracula’s Daughter (1936)

film industry trade ad from Universal Weekly Vol. 38 #4, Feb 22, 1936

source

[uspiria]

Dracula’s Daughter (1936) dir. Lambert Hillyer

[fionaapplealbum]

If you remove the vamprism, Dracula's Daughter is about a very religious woman struggling with uncontrollable lesbian desires that she believes came from the devil. She seeks the help of a male medical professional to control her urges, he's interested in her romantically and so suggests repressing her urges. She can't control them, and hooks up with a woman after a failed try at beating temptation. She has harmed/ruined this woman by simply touching her. She runs off with another woman, and feels like a predatory monster for it. She tries forcing him into a loveless eternal marriage convinced it will fix her. Her only tie to him is that he seems like he could cure her for good or guide her in a life of repression like a sponsor. She gets killed by a man who is in love with her, that she can never love back. What a tragedy, I love Marya so much. Why didn't she get any reimaginings? A 1970-1990s Dracula's Daughter would have slapped. Explicit gay metaphor and all.