Rent Creeping Horror (1946)
3.3 of 5 from 55 ratings
4h 20min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
Four more tales of terror from the vaults of Universal Pictures, starring Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, and Rondo Hatton. A maniacal hunter and collector of wild animals uses them to dispose of rivals and enemies in the shockingly violent 'Murders in the Zoo' (dir. A. Edward Sutherland, 1933). Bela Lugosi stars in a creepy tale of strange characters, secret passages and a murderer who masters the art of "mind over matter" in 'Night Monster' (dir. Ford Beebe, 1942). What started out as a treasure-making scheme ends up deadly for a group of people stuck in a haunted castle with a killer known as "the Phantom" in 'Horror Island' (dir. George Waggner, 1941). And finally, Rondo Hatton is "the Creeper", a giant of a man used as an instrument of evil by a mad sculptor in 'House of Horrors' (dir. Jean Yarbrough, 1946). - Actors:
- Charles Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott, John Lodge, Kathleen Burke, Harry Beresford, Nancy Crowley, Jane Darwell, Samuel S. Hinds, Carmencita Johnson, Ethan Laidlaw, Howard Leeds, Edward McWade, Bert Moorhouse, Edward Pawley, Lee Phelps, Cyril Ring, Syd Saylor, Charlie Schneider
- Directors:
- A. Edward Sutherland, George Waggner, Jean Yarbrough, Ford Beebe
- Producers:
- E. Lloyd Sheldon, Ford Beebe, Ben Pivar
- Writers:
- Philip Wylie, Seton I. Miller, Milton Herbert Gropper, George Bricker, Dwight V. Babcock, Maurice Tombragel, Victor McLeod, Alex Gottlieb, Clarence Upson Young
- Aka:
- Murders in the Zoo / Night Monster / Horror Island / House of Horrors
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/04/2023
- Run Time:
- 260 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary tracks on 'Night Monster' and 'House of Horrors' with author Stephen Jones and author/critic Kim Newman
- Brand new audio commentary tracks on 'Murders in the Zoo' and 'Horror Island' with Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
- Stills Galleries
- Trailer for 'Horror Island' and 'Night Monster'
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following:
- Murders in the Zoo (1933)
- Night Monster (aka House of Mystery) (1942) - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following:
- Horror Island (1941)
- House of Horrors (aka Murder Mansion) (1946)
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Reviews (1) of Creeping Horror
on Murders in the Zoo. - Creeping Horror review by Steve
Creaky, exotic curiosity from the brief horror boom which lasted from the release of Dracula in 1931 to the enforcement of the Production Code in 1934. There are moments that have to be seen to be believed. Especially the jaw dropping opening scene. And the death of the hunter’s wife…
You have been warned! However, there is far too much comic relief padding out the transgressive grotesquery, courtesy of Charles Ruggles as the alcoholic press agent of a US zoo… which has taken a shipment of wild animals from the mysterious east captured by an insane trapper (Lionel Atwill)...
...Whose beasts kill anyone who stands against him! Or flirts with his attractive wife (Kathleen Burke). There’s an agreeably deviant shocker squeezed in among the buffoonery. Atwill stands out in the horror role, and Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick are fine as the attractive toxicologists searching for an antidote for snake venom…
But there’s an excess of Ruggles, even in such a slender running time. And there is rather more of the animals than seems reasonable, now that everyone has seen plenty of tigers and alligators. It’s a lesser precode horror which is obviously dated, but fun, and quite stylishly directed by Edward Sutherland.
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