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Posts Tagged "Bela Lugosi"

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The Devil Bat ** (1940, Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O’Brien, Guy Usher) – Classic Movie Review 3735

Director Jean Yarbrough’s 1940 horror movie has the right star in horror icon Bela Lugosi, who does his over-ripe batty doctor act yet again as avenging scientist Dr Paul Carruthers, understandably bitter after being betrayed by […]

May, 22

The Return of the Vampire *** (1943, Bela Lugosi, Matt Willis, Nina Foch, Frieda Inescort, Roland Varno, Miles Mander) – Classic Movie Review 3,337

‘Terrifying! Paralyzing! Horrifying!’ The 1943 American horror film The Return of the Vampire stars Bela Lugosi as a vampire named Armand Tesla, in an unofficial follow-up to the 1931 Dracula. Director Lew Landers’s 1943 American horror film […]

Feb, 07

The Saint’s Double Trouble *** (1940, George Sanders, Helene Reynolds, Jonathan Hale, Bela Lugosi, Donald MacBride, John F Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 3223

Director Jack Hively’s 1940 crime thriller The Saint’s Double Trouble is the fourth episode of the RKO Pictures The Saint series, and the third for George Sanders as Simon Templar, aka The Saint, all entirely […]

Jan, 03

The Ghost of Frankenstein *** (1942, Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers) – Classic Movie Review 2776

Director Erle C Kenton’s 1942 horror movie is the fourth in the series of films produced by Universal Studios based on characters in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. It stars Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Dr Frankenstein’s second […]

Aug, 03

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man *** (1943, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr, Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Maria Ouspenskaya) – Classic Movie Review 2771

Or rather The Frankenstein Monster Meets the Wolf Man. Director Roy William Neill’s 1943 horror movie stars Bela Lugosi, who makes his only appearance as the Frankenstein Monster, and Lon Chaney Jr, who returns as […]

Aug, 02

Mark of the Vampire **** (1935, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Donald Meek, Jean Hersholt) – Classic Movie Review 2685

Director Tod Browning’s astute 1935 horror thriller has an engaging spoofy, parodic tone and a trick ending. A succulent Lionel Barrymore entertains as the eminent demonology expert Professor Zelin and the invaluable Bela Lugosi is on […]

Jul, 10

Murders in the Rue Morgue **** (1932, Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Brandon Hurst) – Classic Movie Review 2681

Director Robert Florey’s vintage 1932 Universal Studios horror movie stars the studio’s great horror icon Bela Lugosi as a mad doctor called Dr Mirakle. After Dracula, Dr Mirakle is one of Lugosi’s most important and […]

Jul, 09

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