The Vampire Bat (1933)
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Directors
Frank R. Strayer
Cast
Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Maude Eburne, George E. Stone, Dwight Frye, Robert Frazer, Rita Carlyle, Lionel Belmore, William V. Mong, Stella Adams, Harrison Greene
The story
When the villagers of Kleinschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism, but police inspector Karl Brettschneider remains skeptical. Scientist Dr. Otto von Niemann visits a patient who was attacked by a bat, Martha Mueller.
Genres
Horror, Vampirfilm, horror film, mystery film, vampire film
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