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4.3/10   53 votes
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Director:
Robert F. Hill
Writers:
Isadore Bernstein (continuity)
William Buchanan (special dialogue)
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Release Date:
10 October 1936 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Thrills and chills and shivering shocks as a crazed scientist terrorizes the underworld! more
Plot:
A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants. full summary | add synopsis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Yellow Phantom (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
300 min (15 chapters)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (Purity Seal #2509-2523)

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Crew or equipment visible: At the end of chapter 14 (repeated at the beginning of 15) you can clearly hear the director cuing Luana Walters to begin running. more
Quotes:
Willy Fu: I accede to honorable request of thugs. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Free Rainer (2007) more

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Another Sleep Inducer, 15 March 2007
3/10
Author: Hitchcoc from United States

As I often say, I enjoy watching the master, Lugosi, in just about anything. The problem with this is he doesn't have much to do. In order to create a serial, it's necessary for the bad guy to continue to goof up, leaving his adversaries alive to continue the pursuit. The episodes are an endless trapezing of zombie like lackeys and air headed reporters. There's enough sexism to go around for a long time. The conclusion will make some gag. Chinatown businesses are the target of Lugosi who is "Eurasian" and very angry about something, I guess being Eurasian. He tries to destroy the town just for spite. It's an endless parade of pratfalls and silly hypnotism. The one young Asian woman is very beautiful. She is the honorable one in the film, but has been used by Lugosi and he has a hypnotic control over her. It all comes out in the wash, as if we cared.

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