Mark of the Vampire aka Vampires of Prague (1935)
A great intelligent 'Vampire' tale from Tod Browing. Absolutely loved it...I had no idea about the ending would turn up this way...awesome!
"I was more real than any real vampire!"...yes Mr. Lugosi, surely you were...hat's off to you.:)
>>: A
Night of the Demon (1957)
So far the films I have seen of Jacques Tourneur's he has been one of the greatly sophisticated & clever film maker to me. After watching his masterpieces like Cat People & I Walked with a Zombie I didn't expect to see a monster like demon really could be shown in this movie. So while & after watching this movie I was thinking it was bit less of classic Tourner style..."What we don't see but feels something out there lurking in the dark'. But I'm glad to know (as I was reading about the film & its production story on
wikipedia ) that Tourner & the screenwriter Charles Bennett were actually totally opposed to this idea which was demanded by the producer. But still he was successfully able to made a fantastically gripping film out of it. The scenes when Holden breaks into Karswell's mansion & someone started to follow him while he was coming down from the stairs but we can only see a hand...were really creepy.
>>: A
All I can say for now that is both the films will going to alter the rankings & most probably manage to grab a good spot on my currently working Hundred Horror Films of all time/I have seen so far.