* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The drinking quintet in the second act seems to mainly be an excuse to have a drinking scene; it interrupts the plot with characters who had one or two lines previously and whom we never see again, and ends abruptly with [[spoiler:the discovery of Emmy's death]].
* CompleteMonster: [[AristocratsAreEvil Lord Ruthven]] is a {{Satan}} worshipper, who must drink the blood of three women over a twenty-four hour period or forfeit his soul to {{Hell}}. He kills a girl named Janthe, then [[FakingTheDead fakes his death]] after her father shoots him, making his friend Aubrey, who he once saved, keep his being a vampire a secret. The next day, Aubrey finds Ruthven has hypnotized his LoveInterest Malwina's father into engaging them; he has also begun preying on a girl named Emmy. Ruthven kills Emmy, handing her soul over to his masters, then goes through with his plans to marry Malwina, while using his supposed friendship with Aubrey and the oath that the latter swore, to keep him from warning her and her father that Ruthven will kill her. In the end Ruthven is struck down by his own masters, moments before he can kill not only Malwina, but Aubrey too, whom he regards as a traitor for trying to stop Ruthven from killing his girlfriend.