Night Monster (1942)

Directed by

Ford Beebe

Genre

horror film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 12m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man invites several doctors to his remote estate where a series of murders occur. The guests grow suspicious of each other and the strange butler as they try to uncover the killer's identity.

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What happens

Night Monster is a 1942 American black-and-white horror film featuring Bela Lugosi and produced and distributed by Universal Pictures Company. The movie uses an original story and screenplay by Clarence Upson Young and was produced and directed by Ford Beebe. For box office value, star billing was given to Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill, but the lead roles were played by Ralph Morgan, Irene Hervey and Don Porter, with Atwill in a character role as a pompous doctor who becomes a victim to the title character, and Lugosi in a small part as a butler. The film is in many respects a remake of Doctor X, with virtually the same denouement. Both films also feature Atwill as a doctor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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