gridoon2018 "Mark Of The Vampire" has a great cast (even with a few too many comic relief supporting characters), some striking scenes and lots of creepy-crawlies, but the big surprise in the story is also a let-down, as it turns the supernatural into the mundane. Ultimately, this doesn't quite qualify as one of the classics of the genre. But it does make you wonder why Carroll Borland didn't have more roles like this - she is perfect. **1/2 out of 4.

bugsmoran29 I truly enjoyed the 'Mark of the Vampire," and I consider it one of my favorite Universal horror movies of all time. Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill and Lionel Barrymore make for a superlative movie double play combination. However, I have always wondered who had attacked Fedor, the male love interest in the movie; for he wasn't in on the plot to trick the Baron into re-enacting his crime? On two occasions he mentioned having being in a deep stupor. Could it be that he was a victim of the 'real' Count Mora. Also, how did they clean-up the abandoned castle so quickly to re-enact the crime? It is still a great little film but I wonder if about 10-15 minutes of critical film were lost on the editor's floor.

Rainey Dawn "Count" Bela (as I call him) is as good in this film as any of his other vampire films. Carroll Borland is outstanding - her trance-like state in the film is hypnotizing for the viewer to watch.The overall look and feel to the movie is dark and creepy while the story is suspenseful. Very good older horror film.If you have never watched this particular film I won't ruin it for you but I can tell you it's not what you would expect in the end - there is a twist and a mystery solved.Great late night movie if you want a different kind of vampire story.8.5/10

SanteeFats 1935, a good year for this movie. Lionel Barrymore is the expert on vampires and is called in when Lionel Atwill, the inspector from Prague, finally believes that vampires do exist. Bela Lugosi plays the boss vampire and has his clutch, coven,(?) of lesser vampires. So they get together and go looking for their lair. They find it but don't do much. In this version the vampires can only be killed by cutting off their heads and putting a special plant in the neck cavity. Using a ploy to find out what happened in Irena's fathers murder it is found out that Baron Otto was the culprit. He put something in the wine leading to daddy passing out and the Baron then made it look like a vampire did it. So the Baron is caught and it turns out Bela and his brood are just a traveling troop. Now I will confess from the way they presented everything that part took me by surprise.