An adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s story for early television. This isn’t really the best adaptation, but it is really cool to see Bela Lugosi (who plays the Fortunato) doing early tv, even in the bad health (plus addiction) he was in at the time.
Bela Lugosi
Blaskó Béla Ferenc Dezső (Hungarian; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), better known by the stage name Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian–American actor. He was best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the horror film classic Dracula (1931), Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956.
White Zombie - 1932
A young couple goes by invitation to a Haitian plantation to get married, where the owner continually tries to pry the woman from her fiance and run away with him. Finally, the plantation owner turns to a witch doctor, who turns her in a mindless zombie. This isn’t what the plantation owner wanted though, but when […]
Death Kiss - 1932
While filming the last scene of the movie “The Death Kiss” the leading male role Myles Brent actually gets murdered, and since he’s been around with most of the women on the film, there are too many suspects to sort through. That’s the plot of the movie, not trivia about the filming of this movie. Has […]
The Silent Command - 1923
Spies are organizing an attempt to steal plans for the building of the Panama Canal. Bela Lugosi is Hisston, a secret agent who tries to discover and steal the planes themselves. During a storm, on board a ship, is the final battle.
Spooks Run Wild - 1941
Here is an East Side Kids movie with Bela Lugosi about the kids being at camp and hearing about a killer on the loose. At night they look around and one of them is shot by a grave robber, which forces them to take shelter in a foreboding mansion. PeeWee, the kid who was shot, […]
The Human Monster - 1940
A series of strange deaths takes place in London. All are accidents but the victims are single men with no family and they all have a link to a life insurance company run by the mysterious Dr. Orloff.
The Phantom Ship - 1935
Bela Lugosi stars against his usual typecast as a sailor in this mystery / horror flick about a crew at sea finding out there is a murderer among them. And if that wasn’t bad enough, there is a raging storm going on. It’s a little different to see Lugosi not play some sort of crazy […]
Ghosts on the Loose - 1943
Glimpy’s surprisingly beautiful sister is getting married to Jack, a young engineer, and moving to a ‘bargain’ suburban house neither has ever seen. During the honeymoon, the East Side Kids decide to fix up the house for the newlyweds…but mistakenly pick the ‘haunted’ house next door, which is occupied by some mysterious live men, dodging […]
The Devil Bat - 1940
Dr. Carruther seeks revenge on his old employers for betraying him and becoming rich off a product he invented. To gain said revenge, he electrically enlarges bats and sends them out to kill his employers and their families. He trains the bats to hate the particular scent of a perfume and gets people try it […]