5.0
A mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) and his helpers (John Carradine, George Zucco) lure girls to his lab for brain work, to help his wife.
Bela Lugosi
Dr. Richard Marlowe
John Carradine
Toby
George Zucco
Nicholas
Wanda McKay
Betty Benton
Louise Currie
Stella Saunders
Tod Andrews
Ralph Dawson
Ellen Hall
Evelyn Marlowe
Terry Walker
Alice
Mary Currier
Mrs. Benton
Claire James
Zombie
Henry Hall
Sheriff
Dan White
Deputy
Pat McKee
Grego
Mici Goty
Housekeeper
George DeNormand
Policeman (uncredited)
John Ince
S.K. - the Producer (uncredited)
Edward Keane
District Attorney (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Kidnapped Girl (uncredited)
Director
William Beaudine
Screenplay
Robert Charles
June 30, 2022
4
Nothing new in this thriller with Bela Lugosi as the mad scientist ("Dr. Marlowe") who is kidnapping young women from their cars and using hypnotism and a bizarre voodoo mysticism to steal their life-force in order to restore his long dead wife. George Zucco is his garage-owning sidekick who helps procure the victims. A journalist (Tod Andrews) is picked up by Louise Currie after he runs out of petrol, but after she, too, is taken he joins up with the local sheriff to get to the bottom of it all. John Carradine steals this as the gormless "Toby" but otherwise it's all been done before, and to a similar standard. It's not terrible, but that's not really much of an endorsement.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00