To begin - so many previous comments for a Monogram cheapie! And I agree with all of 'em, especially concerning the merits of the wonderfully eerie atmosphere of this strange film. The print I watched (@ 65 mins) was surprisingly good and non creaky so it didn't lessen this aspect and make me concentrate more on the plot ... shortcomings and generally hokey acting.
In this film as the real world and the Ghost are Invisible we naturally don't see them.
Although thankfully Muse's part was not a Manton type role nevertheless he was still earning his crust in the usual Hollywood position of servitude and not as some kind of equal. Did he ever play a doctor etc?
With Lugosi's mad dead wife locked up by the gardeners wandering about freely at night and hypnotising her live husband into strangling people it kept reminding me of Plan 9's crazy story. If it had been made in the 50's with their even lower production values it could probably have been a contender for Worst Ever.
Does anyone know approximately how many times Monogram used that set of the hall and stairs in filming? I feel that I've been up and down those stairs more times than my own.
All in all one of my favourite Monograms, together with some of the Toler Chan films.
In this film as the real world and the Ghost are Invisible we naturally don't see them.
Although thankfully Muse's part was not a Manton type role nevertheless he was still earning his crust in the usual Hollywood position of servitude and not as some kind of equal. Did he ever play a doctor etc?
With Lugosi's mad dead wife locked up by the gardeners wandering about freely at night and hypnotising her live husband into strangling people it kept reminding me of Plan 9's crazy story. If it had been made in the 50's with their even lower production values it could probably have been a contender for Worst Ever.
Does anyone know approximately how many times Monogram used that set of the hall and stairs in filming? I feel that I've been up and down those stairs more times than my own.
All in all one of my favourite Monograms, together with some of the Toler Chan films.