Mark of the Vampire opens across the U.S. in 1935. Director Tod Browning’s remake of his silent — and famously lost — Lon Chaney film London After Midnight is a thriller with a twist unusual for its time, and also features fellow horror icon Bela Lugosi. Critical opinion on the film has always been strongly divided.
This Day in Halloween: Tod Browning's "Mark of the Vampire" -- featuring Bela Lugosi -- opens across the U.S. in 1935. / Illustration by Henry Ploch