Bela Lugosi Horror Collection

The BELA LUGOSI HORROR COLLECTION is a decent, 8-movie compilation of scratchy, public domain films. WHITE ZOMBIE has Bela as the eeevil Murder Legendre, lording it over his crew of zombie slaves. Arguably Lugosi's finest, creepiest role! BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT has Bela playing another wicked role as a crime-boss, killing off the unwary for fun and profit. INVISIBLE GHOST- A man (Lugosi) is haunted by the image of his dead wife. Is he insane, or is something else going on? SPOOKS RUN WILD is one of the two films that Bela made w/ the East Side Kids (the other one, GHOSTS ON THE LOOSE, is not in this collection). Basically, the Kids run around in a big old house w/ Lugosi. Suitably absurd. THE CORPSE VANISHES- A mad scientist (Bela) murders young brides, absconds w/ their bodies, and uses their fluids to keep his wife alive! Every bit as awesome as it sounds! In THE DEVIL BAT, Bela plays another mad scientist. This time, he's developed a gigantic, mutant bat that he uses to exact vengeance on those who've wronged him. Pure, cheeezy delight! THE APE MAN finds Lugosi in an Amish-like beard, sleeping in a cage w/ his go-rilla
friend, and killing more people for their bodily fluids! Brilliant hyper-schlock! BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA is a horrid "comedy", utterly bereft of any true mirth. It contains a cantankerous Lugosi, the title go-rilla, and a pair of criminally non-humorous "comedians", pretending to be Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis! Oh my! Anyway, if you don't already own these movies on one of the zillion other collections they're included on, then this isn't a bad way to spend some sleepless nights...

1. White Zombie
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy
A wealthy plantation owner strikes a bargain with a voodoo master (Lugosi) to create a zombie bride (Bellamy). (1 hr 10 min, B&W)
2. Bowery At Midnight
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Lew Kelly, Wanda McKay
A criminology professor (Lugosi) leads a gang of thieves by night. Anyone who gets in his way ends up buried in his cellar--until a mad doctor (Kelly) reanimates the corpses! (1 hr 1 min, B&W)

3. Invisible Ghost
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Betty Compson
A doctor (Lugosi) unwittingly commits murders while hypnotized by his wife's ghost. After an innocent man is executed, his twin and the doc's daughter uncover the true killer! (1 hr 4 min, B&W)

4. Spooks Run Wild
Cast: Bela Lugosi, The East Side Kids
A goofy gang (The East Side Kids) spends the night at a creepy mansion and encounters its owner (Lugosi)--who remarkably resembles Count Dracula! (1 hr 5 min, B&W)

5. The Corpse Vanishes
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Elizabeth Russell
A doctor (Lugosi) keeps his wife (Russell) young with the glandular fluids of virgins! Will a reporter (Walters) be the next victim? (1 hr 3 min, B&W)

6. The Devil Bat
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Dave "Tex" O'Brien
A chemist changes a bat into a monstrosity trained to kill. An ace reporter (O'Brien) soon becomes the next target! (1 hr 8 min, B&W)

7. The Ape Man
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford
After making himself an ape-man during a horrific lab experiment, a mad doctor (Lugosi) hunts for the cure--human spinal fluid! (1 hr 5 min, B&W)

8. Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell
A scientist (Lugosi) on a remote island finds the perfect lab rats when two jokers (Mitchell, Petrillo) parachute into his lair! (1 hr 15 min, B&W)