when a small bavarian village be beset with a string of mysterious death and the local ( magistrate ) demand answer into ( sic ) the attack . while the police detective refuse to believe the nonsense about vampire return to the village and the local doctor treat the victim begin to suspect the truth about the crime and accord to the dvd sleeve synopsis . an inappropriately title and dramatically unsatisfying and vampire mystery . curiously and the film second tier easily out perform the film lackluster star represent stoic lionel atwill ( a otto von niemann ) and skeptical melvyn douglas ( a karl brettschneider ) and and pretty fay wray ( a ruth bertin ) . the much more enjoyable support cast include bat crazy dwight frye ( a herman ) and hypochondriac maude eburne ( a aunt gussie schnappmann ) and and suspicious george e. stone ( a kringen ) . mr. frye and ms. eburne and and mr. stone outperform admirably . be there another movie end with a mad rush to the bathroom . magnesium sulfate epsom salt it a laxative . the vampire bat ( 1933 ) frank stray ~ dwight frye and melvyn douglas and maude eburne .