Bela Lugosi, Elizabeth Allan, Elizabeth Allen

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Directed by: Tod Browning

Release Date: January 1, 1935

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  • August 4, 2007
    Ultimately disappointing vampire story, whose only saving grace is Carol Borland, who really spooked me in her role as the female vampire.
  • November 9, 2006
    One gets the distinct feel that Mark of the Vampire could and should have been really something, but sadly Browning's film fell prey to the fall-out of his own trend-setting. Mark was initially supposed to depict an incestuous relationship between the father and daughter vampires...( read more) terrorising the town. But MGM were all over Browning after the controversy caused by his masterwork Freaks, that they immediately cut that out without any consideration for how it would affect the plot. As a result, Lugosi sports a bullet-wound throughout the film for seeingly no reason. Besides this, we endure some leaden acting and frightful staginess, irregardless of Browning's honest attempts at atmospherics. Exposition is also a problem, the events unfolding as if read from an instruction maual. Redeemingly, the picture does sport a delightfully unusual ending and features more comedy than you'd expect, making it at the very least entertaining.
  • November 2, 2009
    Barely a step above a Ed Wood film, which is surprising with such a good cast and a great director like Tod Browning. The pace and editing of the film is chaotic and the story is stupid. The only saving grace is the look and it's only 80 minutes. I read this film had 20 plus minu...( read more)tes cut out so that would explain why it was so horrible. It also has a bad twist ending reminiscent of April Fools Day, do not waste your time.
  • January 19, 2008
    A favorite.
  • October 21, 2009
    Bela Lugosi as a vampire in this mystery thriller which takes place in a castle in vague-Europe (kinda like Frankenstein ? never really specified what country its supposed to be). No one believes that it could be a vampire (until a professional vampire hunter arrives), so there i...( read more)s suspicion cast upon different folks as often is the case with these type of spooky-old-house films. Like most of these spooky-old-house films there is some humor placed throughout which makes this rather enjoyable, but I found the ending a cop-out (though rather common at the time to do so). Maybe Im reading to much into what I saw, but I think I saw the first lesbian-vampire hints here, even earlier than Dracula's Daughter
  • May 16, 2009
    Bela Lugosi dons the cape again, but is he really a vampire? Good fun!
  • September 7, 2008
    Wonderful vampires, awful story.
  • July 8, 2008
    has an infuriating "Monster A Go-GO" type ending.
  • March 3, 2008
    A GREAT looking film...but not enuff Bela,and the ending disapoints. Carrol Borland is the classic Vampire Girl.

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  • A few of my movies. Who am I? Dracula (1931) The Death Kiss (1932) Mark of the Vampire (1935) Son of Frankenstein (1939) The Wolf Man (1941) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) The Body Snatcher (1945) I guess I do evil and creepy the best of all time!   Answer »

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