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BELA LUGOSI

APE MAN*, THE

(1943) Wallace Ford, Louise Currie, Henry Hall, Minerva Urecal. Bela's mad experiments with evolution cause him to be partially transformed into an ape. He needs human spinal fluid to return to normal and must commit murder in order to get it. L025

BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA

(1952) Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo. This one's on just about everyone's 'ten worst of all time' list. Mad scientist Bela's jealousy towards an American crooner drives him to inject the singer with a serum that transforms him into an ape. Lots of songs and snappy patter. Bela looks pretty haggard. L030

BLACK DRAGONS*

(1942) Clayton Moore, Joan Barclay, Robert Frazer. Bela plays Dr. Melcher, a Nazi plastic surgeon. He spends the entire film tracking down and vengefully murdering a group of Japanese spies. He transforms one of them into a scar faced monstrosity by film's end. Like all of Bela's Monogram quickies, a must. L023

BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT

(1942) Wanda McKay, John Archer, Tom Neal, Dave O'Brien. Not that it's a classic, but this is probably Bela's best Monogram film next to VOODOO MAN. He gives a strong performance with some great dialogue as he portrays a mad professor responsible for a series of grisly murders. He also just happens to have a cellar full of zombies. L024

BRIDE OF THE MONSTER*

(1955) Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy, Harvey Dunn. Okay, so it's one of the worst movies ever made, but it's one of the most lovable worst movies ever made. Bela plays the crazed Dr. Vornoff in this sci-fi horror production that was directed by the legendary Ed Wood. Top scenes are when Bela throws his victims to a huge octopus and they try desperately to wrap the limp tentacles around themselves to make it look good. Ed forgot the motor that operated the tentacles. Total hilarity. S038

CORPSE VANISHES, THE

(1942) Luana Walters, Tris Coffin, Minerva Urecal. Of all the films that Lugosi made for Monogram, this one probably comes closest to feeling like a Universal production. Bela plays a mad scientist who kidnaps young brides at the alter and uses them to help restore his aging wife's former beauty, (she's a real bitch, too. L022

DEATH KISS, THE

(1932) David Manners, Edward Van Sloan. A big time movie star is killed right in front of the cameras after receiving an on screen kiss. Bela is one of the prime suspects in this well done mystery thriller. L002

DEVIL BAT*

(1941) Dave O'Brien, Suzanne Kaaren, Guy Usher. For all its apparent faults, this film is lots of fun. Bela seems to really be having a good time. He sinks his teeth into the role of a mad scientist who develops a breed of giant, killer bats, then uses them to attack and murder the family that wronged him. L020

DR. CADMAN'S SECRET

(1956) Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, John Carradine, Akim Tamiroff, Herbert Rudley. A condemned doctor's execution is faked through the use of a rare drug known as "the black sleep." He is taken to the castle of a strange scientist and forced to help with a series of unorthodox "brain transplant" operations. Much to his horror, he discovers the scientist has a hidden chamber of of his previous victims of surgery--all of which have been transformed into horrible, deformed monstrosities. Lugosi's last legitimate film. H020

GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE

(1943) Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ava Gardner. The East Side Kids find themselves taking on a Nazi spy ring, (headed by Bela) inside the cozy confines of a haunted house. L026

GORILLA, THE

(1939) The Ritz Brothers, Lionel Atwill. A good horror comedy with the Ritz Brothers after a killer gorilla and a madman who have been terrorizing the inhabitants of an old house. L015

HUMAN MONSTER*, THE

(1939, aka DARK EYES OF LONDON) Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt. One of the best shockers of the 1930s. Bela plays the maniacal Dr. Orloff, who murders his victim for their life insurance money via a series of grotesque, brutal slayings. The final ten minutes are classic. Highly recommended. L018

INVISIBLE GHOST*, THE

(1941) John McGuire, Betty Compson. Better than average camera work and close-ups highlight this Monogram horror thriller. Plot concerns the ghostly reappearance of a mans missing wife that transforms the man into a monstrous killer. L019

LOST LUGOSI INTERVIEW/WHITE ZOMBIE

(1956-1932) Robert Frazer, Madge Bellamy, John Harron. This rare interview was filmed as Bela prepared to leave the drug rehab center in 1956. He looks amazingly well for a 73 year old man who's just undergone three months of cold turkey drug treatment and offers a stern warning to anybody contemplating drug use. You'll also see WHITE ZOMBIE, mastered from an original 35mm print. See this all time horror classic in the best possible video quality.. L001

LUGOSI FILES , THE

(1931-1955) Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney, many others. Includes the ultra rare MARK OF THE VAMPIRE trailer, narrated by Bela himself. Also included are his appearances on "You Asked For It" and "Hollywood on Parade. Tons of trailers and other items as well. L031

MURDER BY TELEVISION

(1935) June Collyer, Huntley Gordon, Hattie McDaniel. Industrial spies are hired to steal a new revolutionary television device. During a broadcast, its inventor is killed on the air. L007

MYSTERIOUS MR. WONG*

(1935) Wallace Ford, Arline Judge. The script may be a little on the ludicrous side, but this is a fun little horror thriller with Bela delivering some meaty dialogue. He plays an oriental arch fiend that seeks the 12 sacred coins of Confucius that will supposedly give him strange powers within his home province of Keelat. L008

ONE BODY TOO MANY

(1944) Jack Haley, Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot. Sounds ridiculous, but this is probably Lugosi's best performance as a butler. Mystery and murder surround a creepy mansion with an astronomical observatory. L027

PHANTOM SHIP , THE

(1935) Shirley Grey, Arthur Margetson. Based on a true story of a sailing ship that entered New York harbor with no one on board. The crew and passengers of the 'Marie Celeste' find themselves being murdered off one by one. L009

POSTAL INSPECTOR

(1936) Ricardo Cortez, Patricia Ellis, Hattie McDaniel. Bela's the bad guy again. This time he plots to steal over a million dollars in postal money. L012

SCARED TO DEATH

(1947) George Zucco, Molly Lamont, Nat Pendleton. A woman is literally scared to death by a man with a devilish mask. Lugosi and Zucco are the prime suspects in this old dark house thriller. Bela's only color film. L028

SPOOKS RUN WILD*

(1942) Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall. Bela has a pseudo vampire role in this story about a creepy old dark house that's invaded by a gang of kids in the dark of the night. L021

VAMPIRE OVER LONDON

(1951, aka OLD MOTHER RILEY MEETS THE VAMPIRE) Arthur Lucan. Although British humor can come off rather bland, this film is made bearable by an outstanding performance by Lugosi. He plays a maniac, who thinks he's a vampire. Bela brings to his part a certain intensity that hadn't been seen since his performances of the early 1930s. It's worth it for him alone. L029

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