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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Walter Summers |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 24 March, 1940 |
| MANUFACTURER: | St Clair Vision |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC |
| TYPE: | B&W, Crime Thriller, English, Feature, Horror, Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Movie, Mystery, Not For Children, Serial Killers, Tense, Thriller, UK |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 777966841595 |
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Customer Reviews of The Human Monster
Lugosi at his most evil This is one of lugosi's best roles and also one of the most evil characters he ever played on screen. It's a shame this film has not been restored and remastered to give it better picture and sound. Still, it's well worth watching and highly recommended for Lugosi fans.
More Monster Than Human...
Bela Lugosi is perfectly eeevil as Dr. Orloff, part-time insurance salesman / full-time con-man and murderer! Orloff has been setting people up w/ fat life insurance policies, only to kill the poor suckers after making himself their sole beneficiary! With the help of his blind, giant henchman, Jake, Orloff has been busily dumping his victims into the Thames! Orloff's utter contempt for the human race is very convincing! Will he be stopped before more people perish?? Scotland Yard is on the case! HUMAN MONSTER is one of Bela's best movies, along w/ WHITE ZOMBIE, DRACULA, THE BLACK CAT, THE RAVEN, and MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE. Belongs on every horror shelf...
Dull Movie, Shoddy DVD
"The Human Monster" is one of my least favourite Bela Lugosi vehicles. It's the story of a string of murders being commited in London, the victims being men without any family and who all have something to do with a life insurance company that is being run by Bela Lugosi. In a dual(?) role, Lugosi also plays the owner of an institution for the blind. Though Lugosi has his charisma (and it's kind of a guilty pleasure to see him goofily play a blind character), the pace is agonizingly slow and I saw the 'surprise' ending coming from a mile away.
The DVD from a bargain bin company called St. Clair Vision claims to be "carefully remastered for the best possible picture quality." That's a laugh. The movie looks as fuzzy as one would expect, with scratches and poor contrast. Strangely, this DVD actually has not one but TWO sets of opening credits, the first one with the title "The Human Monster" and the second one with the British title "Dark Eyes of London," complete with British censor certificate! These are played back to back. "Carefully remastered" indeed. Completists might be interested in having both sets of credits, but that's really the only thing to recommend in the DVD. There are predictably no extras, and the box are is ugly. I got it as part of a "Classic Horror" boxed set.