Imhotep/Ardeth Bay Boris Karloff Helen Grosvenor Zita Johann Frank Whemple David Manners Released by Universal Studios | Directed By Karl Freund Proof That It’s Pre-Code Several fairly gruesome deaths, on camera and off. Helen gets put in some Egyptian garb, and apparently Ancient Egyptians were big fans of bare midriffs Read more
Professor Echo … Lon Chaney Harry Earles … Twiddledee Hercules … Ivan Linow Rosie … Lila Lee Hector … Elliot Nugent The Prosecutor … John Miljan Proof That It’s Pre-Code The film opens with a dancer who “broke the sultan’s thermometer!” The fat lady has not seen her “… feet!” Read more
Count Dracula … Bela Lugosi Jonathan Harker … David Manners Mina Seward … Helen Chandler Dr. Van Helsing … Edward Van Sloan Renfield … Dwight Frye Lucy … Frances Dade Proof That It’s Pre-Code There’s this crazy theory going around that there’s a sexual subtext to vampires. Have you heard Read more
Dr. Mirakle … Bela Lugosi Pierre Dupin … Leon Ames Camille … Sydney Fox Proof That It’s Pre-Code There’s a carnival at the beginning where we learn the dancing girls like you as much as you’re willing to pay. “Profession?” “Yes.” … prostitute murder. … bestiality. … prostitute crucifixion with Read more
Dr. Eric Gorman … Lionel Atwill Evelyn Gorman … Kathleen Burke Charles Ruggles … Peter Yates Dr. Jack Woodford … Randolph Scott Jerry Evans … Gail Patrick Roger Hewett … John Lodge Proof That It’s Pre-Code Several extremely gruesome murders involving mauling and human embroidery. A husband likes making love Read more
Legendre … Bela Lugosi Madeline Parker … Madge Bellamy Neil Parker … John Harron Charles Beaumont … Robert Frazer Dr. Bruner … Joseph Cawthorn Coach Driver … Clarence Muse Proof That It’s Pre-Code A hypnotized woman is the plaything of devious men, who use the living dead to exact terror Read more
Florence Dempsey … Glenda Farrell Charlotte Duncan … Fay Wray Ivan Igor … Lionel Atwill Joe Worth … Edwin Maxwell Ralph Burton … Allen Vincent Jim … Frank McHugh Proof That It’s Pre-Code Our plucky reporter lead, Florence Dempsey, gives a wave and cheerful shouts, “You can go to some Read more
Lee Taylor … Lee Tracy Joanne Xavier … Fay Wray Dr. Xavier … Lionel Atwill Proof That It’s Pre-Code One of the film’s scientists is seen reading a book studiously, though one of the nearby cops points out that he’s really reading a magazine called “French Art” hidden inside the Read more
Dr. Fu Manchu … Boris Karloff Fah Lo See … Myrna Loy Nayland Smith … Lewis Stone Sheila … Karen Morley Terrence … Charles Granville Von Berg … Jean Herscholt Proof That It’s Pre-Code The entrance to the villain’s lair is through an opium den. Upon preparing to torture a Read more
Allen Grey … Julian West The Doctor … Jan Hieronimko Gisele … Rena Mandel Proof That It’s Pre-Code I can barely tell what’s going on in the movie, let alone if there’s any raciness on display. The Castle of Doom: Wait, what? “She needs blood…. And, of course, human blood.” Read more