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Murders In The Rue Morgue

1932, Movie, NR, 75 mins

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Universal's third foray into the horror realm (DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN came before it), MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE was one of the first films to exploit the name of Edgar Allan Poe. Discarding everything but the gorilla and the title, it stars Lugosi as a crazed scientist obsessed with creating a bride for his pet ape. His experiments involve kidnaping young women, tying them up, and injecting them with an ape-blood serum that few survive. Lugosi disposes of his failures in ... read more leave a comment
Bela Lugosi takes his first mad scientist role as he mixes human and gorilla blood with deadly results in Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932).
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Posted: 8/1/2008
In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship. He constantly meets failure as the abducted women die. Medical student Pierre Dupin discovers what Mirakle is doing too late to prevent the abduction of his girlfriend Camille. Now he desperately tries to enlist the help of the police to get her back.
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Length: 01:39:00
Posted: 11/25/2009
Year: 1932
Rated NR

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Cast
Bela Lugosi: Dr. Mirakle
Sidney Fox: Camille L'Espanaye
Leon Ames: Pierre Dupin
Bert Roach: Paul
Brandon Hurst: Prefect of Police
Noble Johnson: Janos

 

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