In Klienschloss, there are several deaths under strange circumstances- exsanguination. Obviously, it's the work of The Vampire Bat.It's a 1933 movie from Majestic Pictures filmed on the Universal lot- sets from James Whale's Frankenstein (the German Village) and The Old Dark House.
And it's got a troupe of classic Horror actors- Fay Wray before King Kong but after The Most Dangerous Game, Lionel Atwill years before his Frankenstein movies from Universal, and Dwight Frye- THE Renfield actor from Universal's Dracula.
Wray and Atwill had previously acted together in Mystery of the Wax Museum, but The Vampire Bat was rushed into production by Majestic to cash in on it, releasing that TVB before MotWM.
It's a nice little movie from a little studio with a big studio feel to it, proving cheap doesn't have to be bad- unlike so many of the awful recent movies I've suffered through.
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