MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE - BLU-1932-BELA LUGOSI

Details

• Release Year: 1932
• Genre: Classic, Horror, Mystery
• Plot: 'STYLISTIC AND VISIONARY... YOU'LL BE MESMERIZED. THE STORY IS AHEAD OF ITS TIME...' - The Terror Trap; ; Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe, MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE is a haunting atmospheric thriller heavily influenced by the German Expressionist classic, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, and features Bela Lugosi in one of his most sinister roles!; ; A deranged scientist, Dr. Mirakle (Lugosi), searches Paris for a 'prospective bride' for his pet gorilla. Inviting young ladies to his laboratory, he injects his victims with gorilla blood and then disposes of their ravaged bodies through a trapdoor. Mirakle finally settles on a beautiful woman to be the mate of the gorilla, kidnapping her from her fiancé, Pierre Dupin. But just as the young lady is about to be sacrificed in the name of unholy science, a frantic Dupin locates his betrothed and tries to rescue her from Mirakle's unspeakable evolutionary experiments.
• Cast: Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Betty Ross Clarke, Brandon Hurst, D'Arcy Corrigan, Noble Johnson, Arlene Francis, Ted Billings, Herman Bing, Agostino Borgato, Iron Eyes Cody, Christian J. Frank, Charles Gemora, Harrison Greene, Charlotte Henry, Harry Holman, Edna Marion, Torben Meyer, Charles Millsfield, Monte Montague, John T. Murray, Tempe Pigott, Dorothy Vernon, Michael Visaroff, Polly Ann Young, Robert Florey, Edgar Allan Poe, Tom Reed, Dale Van Every, John Huston, Ethel M. Kelly
• Director: Robert Florey
• Runtime: 1:01
• Company: Scream Factory, Universal Studios Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie