Night Monster (1942)

Director:

Ford Beebe

Writer:

Clarence Upson Young (writer)

Release Date:

20 October 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

What kind of a thing is it?

Plot:

Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Mansion | Butler | Murder | Swamp

Cast

Bela Lugosi	...	Rolf
Lionel Atwill	...	Dr. King
Leif Erickson	...	Laurie (the chauffeur)
Irene Hervey	...	Dr. Lynne Harper
Ralph Morgan	...	Kurt Ingston
Don Porter	...	Dick Baldwin
Nils Asther	...	Agor Singh
Fay Helm	...	Margaret Ingston
Frank Reicher	...	Dr. Timmons
Doris Lloyd	...	Sarah Judd (the housekeeper)
Francis Pierlot	...	Dr. Phipps
Robert Homans	...	Const. Cap Beggs
Janet Shaw	...	Milly Carson (the maid)
Eddy Waller	...	Jed Harmon
Cyril Delevanti	...	Torque (the gatekeeper)

Also Known As:

House of Mystery (UK)

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #8719)

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: Dick's pipe when he and Dr Harker are driving to the mansion.

Quotes:

Dick Baldwin, Agor Singh: How is that the blood didn't dematerialize with the rest?
Agor Singh: There are certain details in the process that we are not allowed to explain to the uninitiated.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Son of Svengoolie: Night Monster (1942) (#1.8)" (1979)

Creepy goings on at Ingston Manor

Night Monster is one of those mystery-chillers that Universal made in the 1940's.

Doctors looking after wheelchair bound Kurt Ingston are murdered but no body seems close to finding out who the murderer is. Other murders also take place and several people get blamed for these murders including the butler and chauffeur. Kingston later discovers he can walk...

This movie has a very creepy atmosphere throughout and instead of the usual thunderstorm in this one, we get fog.

Now to the cast, which is lead by horror veteran Bela Lugosi (Dracula) as the butler and he is joined by several stars who have appeared in sci-fi/horror movies: Lionel Atwill (House of Dracula, The Ghost of Frankenstein), Leif Erickson (Invaders From Mars) and Frank Reicher (King Kong). Ingston is played well by Ralph Morgan, brother of The Wizard of Oz star Frank Morgan.

Night Monster is worth seeing if you get the chance. Very creepy.

Rating: 3 stars out of 5.