Murders in the Rue Morgue
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on Thu, Jul 15, 2021
Bela Lugosi plays a mad scientist injecting blood from his sideshow ape into abducted women. I appreciated the stylish cinematography and cooky mid-nineteenth-century Paris production design. But the talky script (with dialog punch-ups by John Huston!) and lame ape-suit effects proved too much. The scariest thing about this movie was Lugosi’s unibrow.
Viewing History
- Wed, Jan 25, 2012 via TCM HD
- Thu, Jul 15, 2021 via Vudu