london after midnight be perhaps the most sought after movie and that be presume lost . the only remain print of it be destroy in a fire in the late 60 . i tend to say no . remain still exist picture of lon chaney in full make up effect add to the hype of this movie and also the fact that this tod brown movie feature vampire and 4 year before he make the horror classic dracula and star bela lugosi . in 2002 a reconstruction and make from still photograph of the 1927 be make and air on tcm . it an attempt to retell the story and show how the movie must have be like and also with the help of person who have actually see the 1927 movie at the time of it release . it an interesting experiment and attempt to reconstruct a lost movie and though it of course doesn not work out as good a the moving image would have . the movie purely consist out of photograph . it make the sequence feel rather limit in term of it mood and acting and overall storytelling . it a flat and far from engage way of film making and that be not always easy to watch . i mean and you can just as good read a paper version of this movie with picture in it and let your own imagination do the work . it perhaps would work out way good than this movie eventually do . the movie feature a whole lot of character that do not get properly introduce ( but then again and how could they ) . it make the movie confusing and also from an engage one to watch . the story and it plot really do not work out because of the way of storytelling . the movie be more of a murder mystery than a horror movie and like you perhaps would expect from person like director tod browning and actor lon chaney . i suggest that if you want to understand the story and you watch mark of the vampire . a 1935 sort of remake of this movie and also direct by tod browning and star lionel barrymore and bela lugosi . but be the real london after midnight really a great classic movie . i tend to say no . at the rime of it release the movie already get mixed reaction from the critic and though the movie still be the high grossing tod browning or lon chaney movie . the story be too weak and messy to make this a classic must see . it isn not a very intriguing story and the movie miss tension and a good solid main plot and likable main character . but of course it impossible to say this with a 100 % certainty and since i haven not see the real move full length version of this movie and for the obvious reason . it really look like lon chaney presence uplift the movie though and both with his look and performance . he look genuine creepy in his role and with some great make up effect and mimic from the man of a thousand face . it the reason why this movie be still probably well than the average one from the same genre and especially for 1927 standard . also edna tichenor a luna the bat girl look impressive in her role . the set look good and it must have give the movie a real good and creepy kind of atmosphere and i assume . like mention before and the make up effect also look really convincing and be now part of the movie it legacy and status among movie lover . this movie form a good enough alternative to still be able to watch this lost 1927 movie from legendary director tod browning and actor lon chaney and until the real movie show up again somewhere and though this isn not very likely to ever happen . positive .