Mark of the Vampire

1935

Action / Horror / Mystery

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 86% · 14 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 46% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 6041 6K

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Director

Tod Browning Photo
Tod Browning

Top cast

June Gittelson Photo
June Gittelson as Annie
Bela Lugosi Photo
Bela Lugosi as Count Mora
Lionel Barrymore Photo
Lionel Barrymore as Professor Zelin
Elizabeth Allan Photo
Elizabeth Allan as Irena Borotyn
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555.81 MB
1280*934
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 0 min
Seeds 4
1.01 GB
1480*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 0 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by utgard14 7 / 10

You can't frighten us. We've been over your foul roads before.

Sir Karrel Borotyn is found dead with two punctures on his neck and drained of all his blood. A professor (Lionel Barrymore) and a police inspector (Lionel Atwill) investigate and all evidence points to vampires. Now it looks like Sir Karrel's daughter (Elizabeth Allan) is being targeted by the blood suckers.Director Tod Browning's remake of his now-lost film "London After Midnight." In the original, Lon Chaney played multiple parts. Here his roles are divided among Lionel Barrymore, Bela Lugosi, and Lionel Atwill. Lots of horror fans dislike this one because they feel the ending is a cheat. I thought the ending was great, though it might not hold up on closer scrutiny of certain previous scenes. The entire movie plays out more like a murder mystery with horror overtones rather than a straight horror film, so I didn't feel cheated at all. It's beautifully shot by James Wong Howe. The cast is great. Lugosi barely says anything but is a menacing presence in a Draculaesque role. Carol Borland is sufficiently creepy as his "daughter." Definitely a keeper.
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Reviewed by Captain_Couth 7 / 10

Trippy vampire tale with a twist.

Tod Browning's return to the genre that made him famous brings along Bela Lugosi to reprise his role as a sinister Count. This vampiric tale is mixed in with a murder mystery. I found the end results to be very weird, unusual and entertaining. What I thought was going to be a routine horror story has a very funny twist. To give it away would be telling. If you're in the mood for something different then by all means watch.

Recommended.

B+

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