The Phantom Creeps (1939)
- Directed by
- Ford Beebe
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 4h 25m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 4.5 of 10 from 23 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A mad scientist creates powerful gadgets to take over the world. Foreign spies and American agents both try to steal his inventions.
pulpydateddramaticcampyfast-paceddarkly comedicinventive
What happens
The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 12-chapter science fiction horror serial starring Bela Lugosi as mad scientist Doctor Zorka, who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions. In dramatic fashion, foreign agents and G-Men try to seize the inventions for themselves. It is the 112th serial released by Universal Pictures and the 44th to have sound. It was adapted in DC's Movie Comics #6 with cover date September–October 1939, the final issue of that title. In 1949, the 265-minute serial was edited for television as a 78-minute feature film: (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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