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My life at the movies.

Murders in the Rue Morgue

1932 | United States | 61 min | More...
A still from Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
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

  • Watched on
    Wed, Jan 25, 2012 via TCM HD
  • Watched on
    Thu, Jul 15, 2021 via Vudu