The Human Monster
(1939)
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The Human Monster
(1939)
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Dr. Feodor Orloff /
Prof. John Dearborn
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Hugh Williams | ... |
Det. Insp. Larry Holt
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Greta Gynt | ... |
Diana Stuart
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Edmon Ryan | ... |
Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly
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Wilfred Walter | ... |
Jake
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Alexander Field | ... |
Fred Grogan
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A series of strange deaths takes place in London. All are accidents but the victims are single men with no family and they all have a link to a life insurance company run by the mysterious Dr. Orloff. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Instead of repeating all the details others have, I'll just say the film really gave me the creeps the first time I saw it. Sometimes when you see an old movie like this from the 20s or 30s, it's tempting to think nothing in it can shock you, because movies are not as "sophisticated" as the things you see today. I saw it on television many years back, way before home video, and was delighted to find it in a grocery store's previously viewed tape bin. It hasn't lost any of it's punch. To see how cruelly Lugosi dealt with his very helpless victims chilled me to the bone. The Uday of his time. It has a Hitchcock-type of human horror that is more effective than any rubber suited monster. Not too badly paced, and is still one I get out when in the mood for something dark.