Set on a plague-ridden Greek island at the end of the Balkan war, 1912, this fog-drenched demon/vampire story is at times as sinister and always as shadowy as Val Lewton’s better known Cat People and I Walked With A Zombie (itself gearing up for the remake treatment).

Horror legend Boris Karloff is commanding as a paternal Greek general, while there’s a peculiarly downbeat atmosphere throughout and the burial scene is especially haunting.

Argh! A woman in white floats between rooms.

Remake rights: A rumoured remake is said to update the action to Afghanistan but no-one’s attached and details are, ahem, misty. We suggest Michael Haneke, based on the furtive opening of The Time Of The Wolf and the cloying tension of this year’s Palme d’Or winner The White Ribbon.