boy what a dud this mess be . but it only last an hour and i only pay a buck for it so i will live . unlike the entire cast of this 1933 clunker who be all dust by now . so anyway a small village start have body turn up that have be drain of all their blood . the local yokel start talk about vampire and of course and and a little more loudly after each body be find . the town sheriff or constable or whatever he be and play by awesome actor melvyn douglas and try to tell them otherwise . when he mention the fact that the dead have one large hole on each side of the neck and instead of two hole close together and the local simply then say it a giant vampire bat . the constable insists that vampire do not exist and it must be a human culprit do the killing . but melvyn doesn not seem too bother either way . he spend most of his time try to get into the pantaloon of his sweetie and play by faye wray . also in this mix be the town simpleton and play by dwight frye and who always seem to have play the same role in every movie he do . he far freak out the townspeople by catch bat and drink his own blood . lionel atwill play the town doctor who seemingly be try to help the constable solve the crime . and boy do he ever stink a an actor . atwill be as close to cardboard in this role a he could get . and lionel barrymore be also in this thing . lot of big name to be such a pile of guano . other than the terrible mi title this movie have and the alternate name and the blood sucker be much good and this movie be also dull and plodding and just silly . for me the high point of the movie be watch frye and he nail the freaky town weirdo but other than him this movie do not offer much . and then when you find out the reason for the strange death and see the special effect thing that require all this blood you will really be let down . bela lugosi do a lot of awful picture but at least he be fun and interesting to watch . think of this movie a a really bad lugosi clunker without lugosi and you will get a feel for how miserably bad this mess be . if you can not make a good 1930 horror film at least put lugosi in it .