Story Line
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
“Things you never said before nor even dreamed of!”
Top Cast

Boris Karloff
Hjalmar Poelzig

Bela Lugosi
Dr. Vitus Werdegast

David Manners
Peter Alison

Julie Bishop
Joan Alison

Egon Brecher
The Majordomo

Harry Cording
Thamal
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
1934-05-07
Runtime
1h 5m
Genres
HorrorThriller
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User Reviews (2)

John Chard
7/10
•10/1/2018Weird and hypnotic creeper.
The first, and arguably in terms of their dual performances, best teaming of Horror legends Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi is this almost bizarre Edgar G. Ulmer directed piece. Based around a story by Edgar Allan Poe, Th...

CinemaSerf
7/10
•6/13/2022This great pairing of Messrs. Karloff and Lugosi make for a fun, if not particularly scary, horror movie from Universal. An honeymoon couple are travelling through Hungary when their bus is involved in an accident near the castle of "Hjalmar Poelzig"...






