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Sunday, June 24, 2018











     Mark of the Vampire
1935  NR  HORROR  1h
CAST— Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Carol (Carroll) Borland, Jean Hersholt, Donald Meek
MUSIC— Domenico Savino  DIRECTOR— Tod Browning

     Strictly by-the-books vampire tale is the same-ol’, same-ol’. Bela Lugosi, swathed in silken cape, descends the ancient stairway, nary a sound underfoot. The young object of desire is locked away in her room while a brainy doctor type plans her salvation. The heroes descend into the mysterious depths of the creature’s resting place, filthy creatures scampering about. Then they throw a monkey wrench into the works, and turn the film into a murder mystery, nary a vampire to be found. Entertaining enough, though the real mystery is why Tod Browning had to film Dracula (1931) twice. AKA Vampires of Prague.
OUR RATING— **
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