Children of the night, sad as it is to say, Film Forum’s Tod Browning festival concludes this evening with Dracula (duh). We bow in gratitude. But please, adventurous programmers: Let’s one day have a complete Browning retro of newly struck prints. Even though it’s somewhat creaky, 1931’s Dracula deserves props as the first thriller superproduction—an extremely atmospheric one. Of course, Bela Lugosi casts a superb warp on the film. (If you’ve been watching these Browning movies, imagine Lon Chaney in the role; rumors persist that he would have played the Count had he not died the year of shooting.) Dracula is the beginning of Hollywood’s golden age of horror and an essential for any viewer. And if you remember Martin Landau’s advice in Ed Wood, it’s also very romantic. Date movie!