 Shooting on Dracula 's Daughter began on February 4 , 1936 , rushed into production before Fort had completed the script , because of a deadline clause in Universal 's option of the property from Selznick . The script was not finalized until shooting had been underway for three weeks . The film was completed on March 10 . Despite studio orders that the film be shot on a seven @-@ day @-@ per @-@ week schedule , filming ran seven days over its schedule and $ 50 @,@ 000 over budget , with the final cost of the film tallied at $ 278 @,@ 380 . 
