though not a horror film in the traditional sense and this creepy little film delivers the good . it seem a vampire be loose in a small german town drain it victim of their blood . police inspector karl brettschneider and melvyn douglas in one of his early role and be skeptical believe a craze killer not a vampire be run amok . the only one who believe him be ruth bertin ( faye wray ) the inspector girlfriend and lab assistant to dr. otto von niemann ( lionel atwill ) who though apparently an eminent scientist go along with the vampire theory . the townspeople suspect the weirdo herman gleib and play with his usual frenzy by dwight frye who seem to be have a lot of fun with his role . the film contain quite a bit of humor which help relieve some of the intensity involve with all the murder be commit . one funny part have gussie schnappmann ( maude eburne ) and ruth bertin aunt and think weird herman have turn not into a bat but into a dog . maude eburne and dwight frye make a good comedy team . this budget movie bring in element from the cabinet of dr. caligari with dr. niemann use the power of suggestion to make a somnambulist carry out his order and from frankenstein by use the human blood to help create life in the laboratory and and dracula since the murder be believe by everyone except the inspector and his girl to be the work of a bloodsucker . thses element be mix well by director frank r. strayer with a little comedy throw in for good measure . the concoction work . the restored version i view used tinting to increase the spooky atmosphere . so try to see the this version if possible .