It is reported by some that small fragments or the entire film itself exists in private collections.

Theatrical poster

In 2014, the only contemporary poster known to exist for the film was sold to Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, who bought it anonymously for $478,000. It was the most valuable poster ever sold at public auction until 2017, when a Dracula (1931) poster sold for $525,800. (A poster for The Mummy (1932) held the previous record, selling for $453,500 in 1997.) The poster was displayed in an exhibition of his collection at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

Remake

Tod Browning remade the film as a sound film in 1935. This film, called Mark of the Vampire, starred Lionel Barrymore and Bela Lugosi in the roles Lon Chaney had performed in London After Midnight.

Reconstructions and novelizations

A novelization of the film was written and published in 1928 by Marie Coolidge-Rask.

Since 2023 there have been numerous reconstructions using A.I. to turn the still images into movements.

Audio dramatization

In September 2023, it was announced that a full-cast audio drama would be recorded, a collaboration between the independent audio production companies AudioMarvels, Pocket Universe Productions and Monkey Basket Entertainment, adapted from the original film script. The cast includes Art Malik as Detective Burke, and Dan Starkey as Sir James Hamlin. The production was released the following month through the show’s website, on Bandcamp, and as part of the fiction podcast Midnight Matinees. The work has received overwhelmingly positive reviews.

  • Director Jennifer Kent has stated that images of Lon Chaney's character inspired the look of the titular character in The Babadook.
  • Episodes 5 and 6 of series 3 of Whitechapel featured a killer obsessed with London After Midnight who owned a surviving copy.
  • The theatrical poster for the 2021 horror film The Black Phone has been compared to Chaney’s image from the Browning film.

See also

  • Lost media
  • : List of lost films
  • Lon Chaney
  • Silent films
  • Vampire film

References

Sources

;Further reading

  • Everson, William K. (1974). Classics of the Horror Film. Citadel Press.
  • Jacobs, Louis B. "Plastic Dentistry: New Hollywood Art," Photoplay, October 1928. Features London After Midnight.
  • Melton, J. Gordon (2011). The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead. Visible Ink Press.
  • Riley, Philip J. (2011). London After Midnight – a Reconstruction. Bear Manor Media.
  • Soister, John; Nicolella, Henry (2012). American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913–1929. British Library.
  • Spanish-language poster for London After Midnight
  • Synopsis of London After Midnight at lonchaney.org
  • Rumor Spreading That Long-Lost London After Midnight Has Been Found at Bloody Disgusting