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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Night Monster (1942)

Starring Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Leif Erickson, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan
Directed by Ford Beebe
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)

Strange goings on at a wealthy man's estate lead to a series of unexplained murders near the grounds, and the only person who knows the truth fears she may be losing her sanity.

We have here more B-movie fun from Universal Pictures, with a quality cast, an unusual metaphysical premise, and great music cues from the Universal library.  Despite Lugosi's top billing, his character's a minor one, and only a red herring here, but nonetheless a key piece of the well-used ensemble in the picture.  There are a few plot holes, and the story's final resolution may require you to suspend your disbelief, but it's another good mystery-horror programmer from the studio.

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