QUICKIE: People are dying by what appears to be a vampire but is actually the local Dr. (again).
PLOT: (from IMDB) When the villagers of Klineschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism. While police inspector Karl remains skeptical, scientist Dr. von Niemann (Lionel Atwill) cares for the vampire's victims one by one, and suspicion falls on simple-minded Herman Gleib (Dwight Frye) because of his fondness for bats. A blood-thirsty mob hounds Gleib to his death, but the vampire attacks don't stop.
SUMMARY: Oh! There's a "burgermeister" in town! Which is just a German mayor/police chief. They always look like Burl Ives on a very bad hair day. They make me laugh just by showing up on screen. There's also a local mental case which everyone suspects is the vampire, at least until they drive him into a cave and kill him. But that doesn't stop the blood draining deaths.
It's actually the Dr. who has created a machine to drain people's blood while mocking the local superstitions of vampirism. Apparently he's got a heart in an aquarium and discovered that by pumping blood into it he can keep it alive. I guess the thought of a transplant never entered his mind. No, it's enough to keep it beating freestyle in an aquarium forever. Eventually he's discovered to be the mad murderer and he's killed.
I was disappointed it wasn't an actual vampire movie, but rather a giant mockery of one. A decent story just the same. & we all love Fay Wray. A very suspensfull and a bit shocking scene when everyone figures out that the town murdered simple minded Herman by driving a stake through his heart. "Karl" insists that a decent burial is the least that could be done for him now that they know he's not a vampire. OH! What a sick town!
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