Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire is Tod Browning's remake of his own 1927 thriller London After Midnight.

The sudden appearance of ghostly vampires in a remote European community is seemingly tied in with an old, unsolved murder case.

Police inspector Neumann (Lionel Atwill) and occult expert Professor Zelen (Lionel Barrymore) investigate, with the full cooperation of leading citizen Baron Otto (Jean Hersholt).

For a while, it looks as though the vampires—Count Mora (Bela Lugosi) and his chalky-faced daughter Luna (Carroll Borland)—will continue to hold the community in thrall, but the truth behind their mysterious activities is revealed midway through the film, whereupon the story concentrates on identifying the well-concealed murderer.