until today i have never see this film . it be film on the set of the old dark house and frankenstein and concern a small bavarian village where supposedly giant bat be suck the blood of the villager . frankly it a damn good movie that have atmosphere to spare and a cast that would not quit and lionel atwill and dwight frye and faye wray and melvin douglas play a character name brettschnieder which be of interest to me since that be my great grandmother maiden name . this be a carefully modulate film that have suspense and witty one liner that slowly build for it brief running time and only go astray when about ten minute before the end they realize they have limit time to wrap everything up . from that point to the end it a straight run to the finish with very little of the fun that precede it . leonard maltin and imdb list a running time of 71 minute and warn of short print . the trouble be that imdb and maltin can be wrong and and in this case i think they be since a source i trust more say the full running time be 67 minute ( the overlook film encyclopedia ) quibble about this i know be insane but since most print that be available tend to run around 60 63 minute the amount of miss material be considerably less if it only 67 minute long . personally i think it would not matter that much since it at most five minute and i doubt very much it will make or break the film . what ever the running time and if you like creaky old film and do and by all mean do and watch this movie and it a great dark and stormy night film .