

It is one of the most famous of lost films, one that has tantalized generations of horror movie fans with the gorgeous stills of Chaney in monstrous make-up, even as it frustrates with the knowledge of the twist - the vampires in the film are not the real deal, and are part of the plan by Inspector Burke of Scotland Yard (Chaney again) to unmask a murderer. This is the 1928 novelization of the Tod Browning film starring Lon Chaney.

I’ve just been reading London After Midnight by Marie Coolidge-Rask.
