 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert, Jane Randolph, Frank Ferguson, Vincent Price, Clarence Straight
This is one of Abbott and Costello's funniest efforts. Lon Chaney and Bela Lugosi join in on this satire of their horror shows.
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The Ape Man 1943  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Lock Your Doors
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Louise Currie, Wallace Ford, Henry Hall, Minerva Urecal, Ralph Littlefield, J. Farrell MacDonald, Wheeler Oakman, Emil Van Horn, George Kirby, Jack Mulhall
Mad scientist James Brewster (Bela Lugosi) is working on a serum derived from the spinal fluid of a gorilla. He injects himself to test the serum and turns into a hairy, gorilla-like being. In order to reverse the process, he and his gorilla cohort must murder humans to get their spinal fluids. One-half star for the (unintended) comedic moments in this film.
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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla 1952   N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
aka: The Boys from Brooklyn
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo, Charlita, Muriel Landers, Al Kikume, Mickey Simpson, Martin Garralaga, Milton Newberger, Steve Calvert, Ray Corrigan, Billy Wilkerson
Dr. Zabor (Bela Lugosi) is conducting evolution experiments on a jungle island when into his world come the zany Duke and Sammy (Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo) who literally fall from a plane. Well, Doctor, do something to rid us of these irritating rip-offs of Martin and Lewis. In fact, Jerry Lewis sued the duo. Clearly a candidate for the "10 worst movies" list. 2 User Reviews
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| | Fun Movie as good as any of the road pictures. | I know what I'm talking about. 01/30/2007 | | Charming movie. watch it and make your own decision. |
| | Cool movie with Martin and Lewis clones better than Martin a | Watch it. 01/30/2007 | | Watch it. |
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The Black Camel 1931  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Hamilton MacFadden
Cast: Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi, Dorothy Revier, Robert Young, Victor Varconi, J.M. Kerrigan, Mary Gordon, Richard Tucker, C. Henry Gordon
A young actress is murdered, and Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) steps in to investigate a string of murders in Hawaii.
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 The Black Cat 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: The House of Doom
The Vanishing Body
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti, Harry Cording, Luis Alberni, Lucille Lund, Herman Bing, Andre Cheron, Egon Brecher, George Davis, Paul Weigel
This is the first film starring both Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi and concerns a young couple–Joan and Peter Alison (Julie Bishop and David Manners)–who meet Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Lugosi) on a train while honeymooning in Budapest. Werdegast offers them a ride from the station, but after an accident the trio ends up at the home of Hjalmar Poetzig (Karloff). Poetzig is a satanic cult leader who has stolen Werdegast's wife and daughter. The wife has died and her corpse is hidden in the house. Meanwhile, Werdegast has married the daughter. Now the chess game begins as Poelzig and Werdegast engage in mind games, and the Alisons become the pawns in this deadly game.
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 The Black Cat 1941  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Comedy
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi, Gale Sondergaard, Anne Gwynne, Gladys Cooper, Alan Ladd, Claire Dodd, John Eldredge, Cecilia Loftus
When cat-loving dowager Henrietta Winslow (Cecilia Loftus) dies, her greedy relatives converge on her haunted mansion for the reading of her will looking for their fortunes. Now, they must deal with screams in the night and hidden passages.
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Black Dragons 1942  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, Clayton Moore, George Pembroke, Robert Frazer, Edward Peil Sr., Robert Fiske, Frank Melton, Irving Mitchell, Kenneth Harlan, Max Hoffman Jr., Joseph Eggenton, I. Stanford Jolley, Jack Cheatham
Doctor Melcher (Bela Lugosi) performs plastic surgery on the "Black Dragons," a group of Japanese who are potential saboteurs in the U.S. during World War II. Disguised as Caucasians, they hope to infiltrate American cities.
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Black Friday 1940 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel, Anne Gwynne, Virginia Brissac, Edmund MacDonald, Paul Fix, Joe King, Jack Mulhall
Doctor Ernest Sovac (Boris Karloff) transplants the brain of a criminal into his friend who, in turn, takes on a new personality.
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The Black Sleep 1956 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Akim Tamiroff, John Carradine, Tor Johnson, Herbert Rudley, Patricia Blair, Phyllis Stanley, Claire Carleton
To rescue his wife from her catatonic state, a mad scientist performs human brain transplants in his remote castle. Dull material for this good horror cast.
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The Body Snatcher 1945 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Boris Karloff, Henry Daniell, Russell Wade, Rita Corday, Bela Lugosi, Edith Atwater, Sharyn Moffett, Donna Lee, Robert Clarke, Mary Gordon, Milton Kibbee, Larry Wheat, Bill Williams
During his off-duty hours, an Edinburgh cab driver (Boris Karloff) becomes a grave robber supplying fresh corpses for Dr. MacFarlane (Henry Daniell) to use in his medical research. Blackmail and murders ensue in this chilling thriller set in the mid-1800s. The tale is based on a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson and is a prototype of the thriller genre. This is the last movie in which Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starred together. 1 User Review
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| | Excellent Move with Great Acting by two pro's | Anonymous 11/02/2009 | | |
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Bowery at Midnight 1942 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Wanda McKay, John Archer, Tom Neal, John Berkes, Vince Barnett, Ray Miller, J. Farrell MacDonald, Lew Kelly, Anna Hope, Lucille Vance, Wheeler Oakman, Dave O'Brien, George Eldredge, "Snub" Pollard
Respected Professor Frederick Brenner (Bela Lugosi) is a teacher by day and runs a mission soup kitchen at night. But, the mission is a front for his criminal activities, which include killing his victims and burying them in the cellar where they become zombies.
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Bride of the Monster 1955  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Tony McCoy, Harvey B. Dunne, Don Nagel, Tor Johnson, Loretta King, George Becwar, Bud Osborne
This is the Edward D. Wood Jr. film that features the now famous "fight" between a dissipated Bela Lugosi and a prop-room octopus–minus its electrical hook-up. Do NOT miss this one! If you feel particularly daring, follow up with the sequel, "Night of the Ghouls." 1 User Review
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| | So bad it's good! | Bobo 11/20/2007 | If for no other reason, watch this flick to enjoy Lugosi's "over the top" soliloquy which begins with: "Home? I have-a-no home!"
... and how can you miss this mad scientist's lab subjects sporting electronic headwear (a colander with a chin strap and wires) ?!
All this and Tor Johnson too? |
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Chandu on the Magic Island 1935 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Murdock MacQuarrie, Josef Swickard, Dean Benton, Jack Clark, Clara Kimball Young, Phyllis Ludwig, Wilfred Lucas, Louise Emmons, Jack Clark, Clarence Kolb
Chandu (Bela Lugosi) is back when an Egyptian Princess is on the verge of being sacrificed by the cult of Ubasti. While on the trail, Chandu is shipwrecked on an island where he and his group are held prisoner for eventual sacrifice. What is a magician to do?
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The Corpse Vanishes 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin, Elizabeth Russell, Minerva Urecal, Vince Barnett, Joan Barclay, Angelo Rossitto, Kenneth Harlan, Gwen Kenyon, Frank Moran, George Eldredge, Eddie Kane, Murdock MacQuarrie
Mad scientist Doctor Lorenz (Bela Lugosi) kidnaps and murders young brides to give his aged wife, the Countess (Elizabeth Russell), eternal youth–until Pat Hunter (Luana Walters) sets the trap that snares the crazed doctor.
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Dark Eyes of London 1940 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Human Monster
Dead Eyes of London
The Human Monster
Director: Walter Summers
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Edmon Ryan, Wilfred Walter, Alexander Field, Arthur E. Owen, Julie Suedo, Gerald Pring, Bryan Herbert
Dr. Orloff (Bela Lugosi) runs an institution for the blind. But his real business is selling insurance policies to his patients and then having his disfigured and blind assistant (Wilfred Walter) murder them for the insurance money. As more and more bodies are pulled out of the Thames River, Scotland Yard investigates.
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The Death Kiss 1933  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: David Manners, Adrienne Ames, Bela Lugosi, John Wray, Edward Van Sloan, Vince Barnett, Wade Boteler, Harry Strang, Paul Porcasi, Harold Minjir, Alexander Carr
During the filming of a mystery film, one of the actors is murdered. When the film's leading lady (Adrienne Ames) is arrested for the crime, the film's screenwriter Franklin Drew (David Manners) begins to investigate. The suspects include the studio chief (Alexander Carr), studio executive (Bela Lugosi), and the film's director (Edward Van Sloan).
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The Devil Bat 1940 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama / Sci-Fi
aka: Killer Bats
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O'Brien, Guy Usher, Yolande Donlan, Donald Kerr, Edmund Mortimer, Gene O'Donnell, Alan Baldwin, John Ellis, Hal Price, Arthur Q. Bryan, John Davidson, Wally Rairden
Deranged scientist Dr. Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) sets out to destroy the cosmetics firm where he is employed. (They don't pay him enough!) His "bats" kill people who wear a certain cologne. There is a sequel: "Devil Bat's Daughter."
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 Dracula 1931 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Tod Browning
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, David Manners, Herbert Bunston, Michael Visaroff, Frances Dade, Joan Standing, Charles K. Gerrard, Dorothy Tree, Tod Browning
This film–based on Bram Stoker's novel about the Transylvanian vampire Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi)–is a classic. While visiting London, The Count searches for victims who can supply him with the blood he needs to survive.
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Bela Lugosi, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Maria Ouspenskaya, Dennis Hoey, Don Barclay, Rex Evans, Dwight Frye, Harry Stubbs, Jeff Corey, Torben Meyer, Doris Lloyd, Martha Vickers
"The Wolf Man" Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) has been resurrected from the dead, and a gypsy lady, Maleva (Maria Ouspenskaya), tells him that the only way to stay dead is to talk to Dr. Frankenstein. Maleva joins Lawrence in his search for Frankenstein, and when they find Frankenstein's daughter Elsa (Ilona Massey), they learn that Frankenstein has died. Elsa is engaged to scientist Dr. Manning (Patric Knowles) who tries to cure Larry. But, when Frankenstein's monster (Bela Lugosi) is discovered in a block of ice, Larry chips him out, and a battle ensues.
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The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Doris Lloyd, Holmes Herbert, Leyland Hodgson, Dwight Frye, Janet Ann Gallow, Barton Yarborough, Olaf Hytten, Lionel Belmore, Harry Cording
Ygor (Bela Lugosi) and the Monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) have survived the wrath of the mob of villagers and arrive at a Balkan village where Dr. Frankenstein's son, Ludwig (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), now lives. Igor and Dr. Bohmer (Lionel Atwill) convince Ludwig to place a new brain in the Monster's head. Through sly work on the part of Igor, he manages to get his own brain transplanted into the Monster, which, of course, results in disaster.
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Ghosts on the Loose 1943 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, Rick Vallin, Minerva Urecal, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Stone, William "Billy" Benedict
The East Side Kids take on a Nazi gang (headed by Bela Lugosi) in this wartime film that depicts the mood in the country during World War II when Nazis threatened the world.
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Glen or Glenda? 1953 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Timothy Farrell, Edward D. Wood Jr., Charles Crafts, Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, Tommy Haynes, Conrad Brooks, George Weiss, Donald Woods
How do you tell your girlfriend that you have a slight fetish: you want to don her clothes? That is what this movie is all about. Director Edward D. Wood Jr. even has a role in this film under the name of Daniel Davis. For those looking for a few good laughs, this is a film for you.
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The Gorilla 1939 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Joseph Calleia, Paul Harvey, Edward Norris, Wally Vernon, Art Miles
Inept detectives (the Ritz Brothers–Jimmy, Harry, and Al) visit Peter's (Bela Lugosi) haunted house and become involved in solving a murder mystery.
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International House 1933 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Peggy Hopkins Joyce, W.C. Fields, Stuart Erwin, Sari Maritza, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bela Lugosi, Franklin Pangborn, Rudy Vallee, Sterling Holloway, Cab Calloway
A new invention–television–creates a stir as radio and stage personalities gather at International House to celebrate the introduction of the new phenomenon.
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The Invisible Ghost 1941 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Bela Lugosi, John McGuire, Polly Ann Young, Clarence Muse, Terry Walker, George Pembroke, Betty Compson, Fred Kelsey, Jack Mulhall, Ernie Adams, Ottola Nesmith, Lloyd Ingraham, Robert Strange, Fred Aldrich
Gentle Dr. Kessler (Bela Lugosi) lives with his adult daughter Virginia (Polly Ann Young) and household staff in his large mansion. He grieves the loss of his wife (Betty Compson) who was believed killed in an auto accident. But she did not die, and the butler (Clarence Muse) has kept her locked away until she recovers from her amnesia that resulted from the accident. She routinely gets out, and when she looks in the doctor's window, he is put in a trance and kills people he runs across. Cheap, but the good direction helps keep an eerie atmosphere.
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The Invisible Ray 1936 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Beulah Bondi, Walter Kingsford, Nydia Westman, Georges Renavent, Frank Reicher, Paul Weigel
After being exposed to a radioactive meteor containing Radium X, research scientist Dr. Janos Rukh (Boris Karloff) discovers that his touch is enough to kill. With this knowledge, his intended victims are his wife and her lover.
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Island of Lost Souls 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Fields, Randolph Scott, Tetsu Komai, Alan Ladd
Adapted from the H.G. Wells story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau," this film is about a mad scientist who turns wild animals into monster humans. Better than the more recent versions, despite its age. That's young Alan Ladd and Randolph Scott as ape-men.
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 Mark of the Vampire 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tod Browning
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Jean Hersholt, Donald Meek, Carol Borland, Holmes Herbert, Ivan F. Simpson, Zeffie Tilbury
In this remake of 1927's "London After Midnight," a gloomy mansion is haunted by the "undead" Count Mora (Bela Lugosi) and his daughter (Carol Borland).
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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: My Son, the Vampire
Vampire over London
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Arthur Lucan, Dora Bryan, Richard Wattis, Judith Furse, Philip Leaver, Maria Mercedes, Roderick Lovell, David Hurst, Charles Lloyd Pack
This is the last in the long-running UK series of Old Mother Riley tales, all of which starred Arthur Lucan in drag as the Irish scrub woman, Mother Riley. Mother Riley is always getting herself in all sorts of tough spots, and this time she comes across mad scientist Baron Von Housen (Bela Lugosi) who is in search of uranium to fuel his monster robot so he can rule the world.
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 Murder by Television 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Houghland Murder Case
Director: Clifford Sandforth
Cast: Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, Huntley Gordon, George Meeker, Claire McDowell, Henry Mowbray, Charles Hill Mailes, Hattie McDaniel, Henry Hall, Allen Jung
When a professor demonstrates a new invention–television–he is murdered. Did the television perform the dastardly deed or was it the devilish work of the assistant (Bela Lugosi)?
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 Murders in the Rue Morgue 1932 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Brandon Hurst, Arlene Francis, Bert Roach, Noble Johnson, D'Arcy Corrigan, Herman Bing, Betty Ross Clarke
Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi) is especially fiendish in this film adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's story of the attempt to cross an ape with a woman.
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 The Mysterious Mr. Wong 1934 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Arline Judge, E. Alyn Warren, Lotus Long, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Edward Peil Sr., Luke Chan, Lee Shumway, Etta Lee
A power-crazed Asian (Bela Lugosi) is obsessed with owning the "12 coins of Confucius" through which he will gain great power.
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The Mystery of the Marie Celeste 1935 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Phantom Ship
Director: Denison Clift
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey, Arthur Margaretson, Edmund Willard, George Mozart, Ben Welden, Dennis Hoey, Gibson Gowland, Clifford McLaglen, Terrence De Marney
In 1872 an American ship, "Marie Celeste," was found drifting off the British coast with no one on board. The mystery of what happened to the crew was never solved, and this film speculates on what may have happened: a sea captain (Bela Lugosi) extracts revenge from his earlier treatment on the ship. This early Hammer film is slow-paced and, overall, not very interesting.
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Night Monster 1942 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror / Thriller
Director: Ford Beebe
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan, Don Porter, Nils Asther, Fay Helm, Frank Reicher, Doris Lloyd, Francis Pierlot, Janet Shaw, Eddy Waller, Robert Homans, Cyril Delevarti
As the result of an operation, Kurt Ingston (Ralph Morgan) has been left crippled, and his legs have been amputated. Now, one by one, his doctors are becoming murder victims when they visit Kurt at his country estate. A psychologist, Dr. Lynn Harper (Irene Hervey), investigates the sanity of Kurt's daughter Margaret (Fay Helm), and Dick Baldwin (Don Porter) investigates the killings. Will Dick be able to solve the murders before Lynn becomes the next victim?
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Ninotchka 1939  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Sig Ruman, Bela Lugosi, Felix Bressart, Alexander Granach, Gregory Gaye, Richard Carle, Edwin Maxwell
This pre-cold-war-era film pits the ideals of Communism against those of Capitalists in a very entertaining film featuring Greta Garbo as Ninotchka, the emissary from Russia whose head and heart are turned by love. There were Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress, and Writing (both Original Story and Screenplay).
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The Phantom Creeps 1939 N/R, 265 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Robert Kent, Dorothy Arnold, Roy Barcroft, Edwin Stanley, Regis Toomey, Jack C. Smith, Edward Van Sloan, Anthony Averill, Eddie Acuff
This 12-episode serial concerns mad scientist Dr. Zorba (Bela Lugosi) who intends to terrorize the world with his inventions, one of which is invisibility obtained by using a special belt. A government agent (Robert Kent) and a reporter (Dorothy Arnold) are hot on his trail but don't seem to be gaining ground. A feature-length version was also produced.
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 Plan 9 from Outer Space 1959 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Grave Robbers from Outer Space
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.
Cast: Gregory Walcott, Duke Moore, Dudley Manlove, Tor Johnson, Bela Lugosi, Tom Keene, Mona McKinnon, Joanna Lee, Lyle Talbot, Vampira
Many critics rate this film as the worst movie ever made. It stars Bela Lugosi, but Bela died early in the making of the movie. Undaunted, Ed Wood used old home movies and an actor, holding a cape across his face, to fill in for Lugosi's role in the story.
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Postal Inspector 1936 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Brower
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Patricia Ellis, Michael Loring, Bela Lugosi, Wallis Clark, Arthur Loft, David Oliver, Guy Usher, Spencer Charters, Hattie McDaniel, Harry Beresford
Gambling debts force nightclub owner Gregory Benez (Bela Lugosi) into a life of crime. When he hires a beautiful singer (Patricia Ellis) to perform in his club, she and Benez are put under the watchful eye of U.S. Postal Inspector Bill Davis (Ricardo Cortez).
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 The Raven 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Louis Friedlander
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Irene Ware, Lester Matthews, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Hoyt, Inez Courtney, Ian Wolfe, Spencer Charters, Walter Miller
Doctor Vollin (Bela Lugosi) has more than dinner in mind for his guests. His torture chamber is going to be the evening's entertainment–with his "guests" as unwilling participants.
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The Return of Chandu 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Lucien Prival, Clara Kimball Young, Bryant Washburn, Dean Benton, Phyllis Ludwig, Cyril Armbrister, Elias Lazaroff, Dick Botiller
This is another episode in the low-budget exploits of Chandu the Magician as White Magic fights Black Magic. Chandu (Bela Lugosi) sets out to rescue the Egyptian Princess who is on the verge of being sacrificed by the cult of Ubasti. This feature-length film from a 12-episode serial is one of several popular in this time frame–so bad that they are actually fun to watch.
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The Return of the Vampire 1944 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Roland Varno, Miles Mander, Matt Willis, Ottola Nesmith, Gilbert Emery, Leslie Denison, Billy Bevan
As if the bombings during the World War II Battle of Britain were not enough, vampire Armand Tesla (Bela Lugosi) arrives in London to add more terror to the moment.
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S.O.S. Coast Guard 1937 N/R, 220 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Alan James, William Witney
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Bela Lugosi, Maxine Doyle, Herbert Rawlinson, Lee Ford, John Picorri, Lawrence Grant, Thomas Carr, Carleton Young, George Chesebro, Yakima Canutt, Jack Ingram
Mad scientist Boroff (Bela Lugosi) invents a gas that disintegrates everything in its path and sets out to market it to foreign governments. He also searches for the rare ingredients that will allow for large-scale production. But fear not. Lt. Terry Kent (Ralph Byrd), U.S. Coast Guard, and news woman Jean Norman (Maxine Doyle) stand in Boroff's way in this 12-episode serial.
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The Saint's Double Trouble 1940 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Hively
Cast: George Sanders, Helene Whitney, Jonathan Hale, Bela Lugosi, Donald MacBride, John F. Hamilton, Thomas W. Ross, Elliott Sullivan, Pat O'Malley, Byron Foulger
The dastardly Saint look-alike smuggles diamonds into the U.S. from Egypt (via a mummy, with Bela Lugosi's help). Now, the Saint must not only clear himself, but also recover the diamonds and bring the bad guys to justice.
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Scared to Death 1947 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Douglas Fowley, Joyce Compton, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Molly Lamont, Angelo Rossitto, Gladys Blake, Roland Varno, Stanley Andrews, Stanley Price
This story is narrated by the corpse of Laura Van Ee (Molly Lamont) who suffered persecution by her husband and others until the fright proved too much, and she died. Now, from the morgue, the bizarre story of just how she got there is told.
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Shadow of Chinatown 1936 N/R, 300 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Luana Walters, Maurice Liu, Charles King, William Buchanan, Forrest Taylor, Jack Cowell, James B. Leong, George Chan
In this 15-episode serial, mad-scientist Victor Poten (Bela Lugosi)–a hater of both Orientals and Caucasians–is hired to disrupt Chinese trade in Chinatown. Using his own special inventions, he seems to succeed until caught by our hero Martin Andrews (Bruce Bennett). An edited, feature-length version was released simultaneously. Very cheap, but Lugosi is always fun to watch.
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Son of Frankenstein 1939 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Emma Dunn, Edgar Norton, Lionel Belmore, Lawrence Grant, Ward Bond, Donnie Dunagan, Perry Ivins, Michael Mark, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Caroline Frances Cooke
Doctor Victor Frankenstein's son, Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), returns to the gothic mansion with his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchins) and son Peter (Donnie Dunagan). Wolf assures his doubting neighbors that he is not like his father. But, when the evil blacksmith Ygor (Bela Lugosi) asks him to bring the Monster back to life, Wolf agrees, revives the Monster (Boris Karloff), and the madness continues. After the Monster kidnaps Peter, Wolf tracks him down and knocks the Monster into a sulfur pit. Will this finally be the end of the Monster?
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 Spooks Run Wild 1941 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, David Gorcey, Ernest Morrison, Donald Haines, Dave O'Brien, George Pembroke, Angelo Rossitto, Dorothy Short, Dennis Moore, P.J. Kelly, Guy Wilkerson
While the East Side Kids are camping in the mountains, they hear that a monster-killer is on the loose. Muggsy (Leo Gorcey) suffers a gunshot wound, and the boys seek shelter in an old mansion, which happens to be owned by Nardo (Bela Lugosi). Later, the kids see Muggsy walking around in a trance and think that Nardo has turned him into a zombie. But, is Nardo a monster-killer, or is he simply a magician–only the horrors experienced within the walls of the old mansion will reveal the answer.
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White Zombie 1932 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Romance
Director: Victor Halperin
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, Robert Frazer, John Harron, Clarence Muse, Brandon Hurst, George Burr Macannan, Frederick Peters, Annette Stone, John Printz, Dan Crimmins, Hans Joby, Velma Gresham, John Fergusson
Monsieur Charles Beaumont (Robert Frazer) is the wealthy owner of an island, and he uses zombies led by "Murder" Legendre (Bela Lugosi) to control his world. Charles convinces Madeleine (Madge Bellamy) and Neil (John Harron) to get married on his plantation. Then, Charles gets Legendre to turn Madeleine into a zombie. Using Madeleine as a hold over Charles, Legendre refuses to release her soul. A grieving Neil, with help from missionary Dr. Bruner (Joseph Cawthorn), searches for and rescues Madeleine from a Living Death.
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Wild Company 1930 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Frank Albertson, H.B. Warner, Sharon Lynn, Joyce Compton, Claire McDowell, Bela Lugosi, George Fawcett, Richard Keene, Frances McCoy, Kenneth Thomson
Following an argument with his girlfriend, Larry Grayson (Frank Albertson) heads for a nightclub where he meets Sally who proves to be the last thing he needs.
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 The Wolf Man 1941 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama / Horror
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Bela Lugosi, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William, Patric Knowles, Fay Helm, Maria Ouspenskaya, Leyland Hodgson, J.M. Kerrigan, Forrester Harvey, Harry Cording, Gibson Gowland, Olaf Hytten
Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.), while attempting to prevent a wolf from mauling Jenny Williams (Fay Helm), is bitten by the animal. When he revives, Larry finds that Jenny is dead and lying by her side is Bela (Bela Lugosi). Bela is a wolf man, and now that he has bitten Larry, Larry will be transformed into a werewolf every time that there is a full moon. Larry confesses his fate to his father Sir John (Claude Rains) and to his sweetheart Gwen (Evelyn Ankers), but they do not believe him–until they are forced to confront the curse one fateful night during a full moon.
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Women of All Nations 1931 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Greta Nissen, El Brendel, Humphrey Bogart, Fifi D'Orsay, Bela Lugosi, Joyce Compton, Charles Judels, T. Roy Barnes
The sultan's harem is the centerpiece for this dog of a film.
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You'll Find Out 1940 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Horror / Mystery / Romance
Director: David Butler
Cast: Kay Kyser, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Bela Lugosi, Helen Parrish, Dennis O'Keefe, Harry Babbitt, M.A. Bogue, Ginny Simms, Alma Kruger, Joseph Eggenton, Jeff Corey, Sully Mason, Leonard Mudie, Frank Mills
Wealthy heiress Janis Bellacrest (Helen Parrish) celebrates her birthday with Kay Kyser's band for the entertainment. The party takes a decided turn when three bizarre characters (Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi) show up to join in the festivities in the haunted house, which is the scene of the party.
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| 1. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
2. The Ape Man (1943)
aka: Lock Your Doors
3. Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
aka: The Boys from Brooklyn
4. The Black Camel (1931)
5. The Black Cat (1934)
aka: The House of Doom
aka: The Vanishing Body
6. The Black Cat (1941)
7. Black Dragons (1942)
8. Black Friday (1940)
9. The Black Sleep (1956)
aka: Dr. Cadman's Secret
10. The Body Snatcher (1945)
11. Bowery at Midnight (1942)
12. Bride of the Monster (1955)
13. Broadminded (1931)
14. Chandu on the Magic Island (1935)
15. Chandu the Magician (1932)
16. The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
17. Dark Eyes of London (1940)
aka: The Human Monster
aka: Dead Eyes of London
aka: The Human Monster
18. The Death Kiss (1933)
19. The Devil Bat (1940)
aka: Killer Bats
20. The Devil's in Love (1933)
21. Dracula (1931)
22. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
23. Genius at Work (1946)
24. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
25. Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
aka: The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi
26. Glen or Glenda? (1953)
27. The Gorilla (1939)
28. International House (1933)
29. The Invisible Ghost (1941)
30. The Invisible Ray (1936)
31. Island of Lost Souls (1933)
32. The King of Jazz (1930)
33. Mark of the Vampire (1935)
34. Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
aka: My Son, the Vampire
aka: Vampire over London
35. Murder by Television (1935)
aka: The Houghland Murder Case
36. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
37. The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
38. The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935)
aka: Phantom Ship
39. Night Monster (1942)
40. Night of Terror (1933)
41. Ninotchka (1939)
42. One Body Too Many (1944)
43. The Phantom Creeps (1939)
44. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
aka: Grave Robbers from Outer Space
45. Postal Inspector (1936)
46. The Raven (1935)
47. Renegades (1930)
48. The Return of Chandu (1934)
49. Return of the Ape Man (1944)
50. The Return of the Vampire (1944)
51. S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937)
52. The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
53. Scared to Death (1947)
54. Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
55. Son of Frankenstein (1939)
56. Spooks Run Wild (1941)
57. Voodoo Man (1944)
58. White Zombie (1932)
59. Wild Company (1930)
60. The Wolf Man (1941)
61. Women of All Nations (1931)
62. You'll Find Out (1940)
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