This direct sequel to the 1931 Dracula starts with police apprehending Van Helsing who stands over the body of his defeated foe. Van Helsing could stay alive with an insanity plea, but wishes to prove himself sane even though it would make him a murderer.
This very interesting idea is never developed because there’s the mysterious woman who is the daughter of Dracula and looks to a psychiatrist in the hope her urges can be cured. Unlike Count Dracula, when she gives in to the urge, her victim is of the same sex, giving the scene lesbian overtones. The vampire also acts her age while on the attack, giving the scene the even more overt feel of a sexual predator corrupting a young innocent. None of this is properly developed or explored either, but it’s all very intriguing. Not the formula Universal monster movie you would expect.
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