London After Midnight Review

[Spramped1]

London after midnight

[Bry67J]

I've seen the pieces of still photos that Turner Movie Classics put together and it was pretty good, but nothing to what that the actual film woulod be.We can only hope a copy will turn up someday.Lon Chaney's makeup work is as good if not better than some of todays film makeups.

[ohfilms1]

I heard that a private collector found a copy but won't give it to anyone or some thing like that

[TwinDragons310]

That is so cool and I like your voice-over.

[Invisiblejetpilot]

Lon Chaney's makeup for that movie scares the bejeezus out of me.

[TheTitanic4]

was the figure in the stop motion animation the london after midnight sideshow 12 inch figure?

[DufiProductions]

I bought a Lon Chaney 8mm film reel recently, and it's got some footage I don't recognize on it. The footage is of a vampire bat turning into a person and a skeleton in a coffin that turns into a full bodied man. If anybody can help me figure out what this may be, it would be greatly appreciated!

[HorrorMovieReview73]

I just got a custom t shirt of this movie from my uncle. I really hope this film is found because it looks really good.

[firerock2245]

loved the le fantome de l'opera joke! when u said it i fell for it ..... for 2 days!

[gaIIery]

You've misunderstood how a good April Fool's gag works. You can alarm, or astonish the target of your prank, but never offer them something great that sounds somewhat plausible, and then leave them disappointed. And because it's an April Fool's gag, you don't finish it off by calling them names. It just comes off as mean-spirited

[Treyskywalker77]

hey , i'm working on london after midnight ii 3d form sound form and color form, just incase you wanna see it

[icjburke]

plz post the movie on ur channel plz

[LonesomePine369]

@icjburke what movie?!? are you fucking stupid??! did you watch this video! it was a joke! he doesn't actually have the movie! its lost!

[icjburke]

@LonesomePine369 oh

[NickBFilms]

April 1 should be called LON CHANEY DAY instead of april fools day

[TheAandNproductions]

at first i thought this was about jack the ripper



[SuperKawaiiPandaGirl]

So the movie you have is another film starring Chaney called The Hypnotist?

[LonesomePine369]

@SuperKawaiiPandaGirl ......he was joking...

[Drac39]

I'd like to somehow recreate the film in a better way

[markedvideo]

Very clever! Thoroughly enjoyed this!

[TedNewsom]

Some people take a lon-n-n-n-ng time to catch on. (Nitrate decomposition on an 8mm film? Great!)

[MsTammyjo777]

Yeah, Gaston Lerux was so "disgusted" by the film, he had all of those 1916 POTO copies burned.......!

[lilrowyravenclaw]

The movements in the ruined 8 sec version are really jerky XD It looks so cool!

[randomdumbass92]

Upload it!!!

[AngryVideoGameKidd2]

I could barely hear a thing he says!

[RebelOntheRoad]

yea i still think its good info..but haha

[chatqueen31087]

YOU HAVE IT !

[Adventurestud]

you are a real joker, aren't you?

[mouloudo]

HOLLY from Red Dwarf :)

[xxkewldudexx]

can you post the stuff you have? like, digitize the film again?

[Usemeordie]

Too bad this film is lost. But if you really want to know the story, see the 1935 remake "Mark of the Vampire".

[4thtroika]

Chaney's vampire will forever be to me the "host" of Creature Features on WGN channel 9 in Chicago in the early `70s.

An that stop motion "lost" footage was pretty good.

[Neko17]

everytime i see the 8mm clip of "the hypnotist" i can't help but get chills in the back of my spine, the way it moves and the edges *shrugs* creepy

[xjod9]

@Neko17 It's just a stop motion clip of a figurine...

[LonesomePine369]

@Neko17 its not real footage....

[TheLizrd]

yes

i have

[TheLizrd]

i like lon chaney movies mostly  the hypnotist and the phantom of the opera

[beavistv369]

what? you ever even seen the hypnotist.....

[Usemeordie]

The film is lost.

[beavistv369]

i know!

[MrsLonChaney]

You're an evil awful creature! Had me all excited for nothing! Don't you know I'm the ultimate Chaney fan?

I'm kidding of course, it was funny even in June :)

[TheaterRaven]

Haha, awesome prank. :)

And you're reviewing "The Man Who Laughs"? Yea!!!!! That is AWESOME! I can't wait for it!

[MadLizzy1]

The Man Who Laughs? I can hardly wait! Who can ever forget Gwynplaine? Or, for that matter, Conrad Veidt in anything he made!

[punjabchild]

I remeber reading in TV guide that TCM (Turner classic movie channel here in the US) was going to show "London after midnight" on Halloween and I got really excitied. However it was the reconstructed version :( Such teases...

[astrofist]

nice.

[Biskuits]

I was wondering when you'd get around to revealing this! You couldn't have chosen a better day XD <3

And if you need any help commenting on The Man Who Laughs---holy God, I *LOVE* that film and am back in town from my vacation! :D

[TwilightWander]

Awesome April Fool's Joke! ^_^ I really do hope that one day a copy of "London After Midnight" can be found. I heard there was a private collector in Canada who has a copy... But until that day, we'll all have to be satisfied with "Mark of the Vampire", which was a remake of sorts of "London" starring Béla Lugosi

[eieiowens]

@TwilightWander "private collector in Canada" my ass. Is this a really feeble attempt to start a new rumor>? FAIL

[MrKaylynn1998]

@TwilightWander What about the reconstruction of the film that turner classic movies did in 2002.

[DragonFlyHero]

This is one of the many things that proves that you, PhantomReviews, are made of pure awesome.

[doomfeather]

hahaha! awesome!

(and great use of that Holly clip :-D)

keep up the good work!

[DrNoYes9]

thanks for posting a picture of my email to u..... i feel somewhat embarrased and somewhat flattered at the same time...

[mqjeffrey]

Best April Fool's ever. Plus, with this particular film shown at that angle, Cheney looks even creepier.

[DarthxErik]

That's actually the most convincing joke I've had played on me all day. XD thanks for the education-- and the laugh!

[Enabsflow1]

lol. Nice.

"Mr. Chaney, what big teeth you have!"

"All the better to scare the piss out of you with, my dear!"

i'm imagining him trying to chew taffy and cotton candy with those chompers.

[renaleria]

Hehe, I knew it was a joke, but a very good one!!! Apparently sometime last year it was rumored that a complete copy of "London After Midnight" was found, but nothing has ever come from it. They did discover a complete version of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" which the Criterion Collection is resorting and releasing. And since you are reviewing similar-type Phantom films, review "The Man Who Laughs" I know you mentioned it once in a review and I think there are enough similarities to include it.

[Shoysrock]

I second the notion! Review it! It's a wonderful and excellent silent film.

[Hasselhoffhater]

Wait Criterion is going to be ones to restore it? That would be amazing! I know they did a great job with M(another Fritz Lang film) I'm sure they'll do the same

[PhantomReviews]

I also heard the rumor and fell for it...for about 2 minutes. I still hold out hope it can be found. After all, they found a copy of previously lost film "The Passion of Joan of Arc" in a mental institution cupboard, of all places. I'm halway through "Man who laughs" and probably will review it

[eieiowens]

@renaleria

You don't know what you are talking about! Kino, not Criterion, are releasing the restored 'Metropolis'!

[renaleria]

@eieiowens Um. Okay. I was told Criterion, obviously I was misinformed. There is no reason to be rude. I am just excited a complete version of the film has been found and will be restored and put on DVD.

[trans8010]

@renaleria Not to further nit pick but it's not complete either, it's the most complete we will ever have but it's not 100%, more or less 95%. From what I've heard the restored new print will have the lost footage integrated into it to create a patchy cut. The lost footage was from 16MM and will show when it's itegrated in 35MM print, the top and left sides of the 16MM will have black bands along with scratches it's better then anything but I just wanted to warn you and those thinking perfection

[renaleria]

@trans8010 OMG! Yes, I should have said "nearly complete" instead of "complete," though it is plain to see that my original comment was made over a year ago so my information was out-dated. I am just stoked that a masterpiece of cinema that was (for a very long time) incomplete was discovered with most of its material intact. As a fan of films, I find this very exciting.

[Hasselhoffhater]

Well that April fool's joke was ...umm.......unexpected.....I thought you would have a real copy...oh well...I'm kinda speechless rght now....

[wiggydeville]

That man has scary teeth *cowers behind chair* love you vids, awesomeness xx