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The Human Monster/Mystery Liner:Horror Classics, Vol. 7

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Lugosi at his most evil
More Monster Than Human...
Dull Movie, Shoddy DVD
once again, quite annoyed, yet not by the movie
GREAT PAIRING OF LUGOSI and GRETA GYNT

The Human Monster/Mystery Liner:Horror Classics, Vol. 7
Starring: Bela Lugosi , Hugh Williams , Greta Gynt , Edmon Ryan , and Wilfred Walter
Director: Walter Summers
Manufacturer: ROAN
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00003RQP6
Release Date: 2000-02-08

Customer Reviews:

Lugosi at his most evil.......2006-02-25

This is one of lugosi's best roles and also one of the most evil characters he ever played on screen. It's a shame this film has not been restored and remastered to give it better picture and sound. Still, it's well worth watching and highly recommended for Lugosi fans.

More Monster Than Human..........2005-12-07

Bela Lugosi is perfectly eeevil as Dr. Orloff, part-time insurance salesman / full-time con-man and murderer! Orloff has been setting people up w/ fat life insurance policies, only to kill the poor suckers after making himself their sole beneficiary! With the help of his blind, giant henchman, Jake, Orloff has been busily dumping his victims into the Thames! Orloff's utter contempt for the human race is very convincing! Will he be stopped before more people perish?? Scotland Yard is on the case! HUMAN MONSTER is one of Bela's best movies, along w/ WHITE ZOMBIE, DRACULA, THE BLACK CAT, THE RAVEN, and MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE. Belongs on every horror shelf...

Dull Movie, Shoddy DVD.......2004-12-30

"The Human Monster" is one of my least favourite Bela Lugosi vehicles. It's the story of a string of murders being commited in London, the victims being men without any family and who all have something to do with a life insurance company that is being run by Bela Lugosi. In a dual(?) role, Lugosi also plays the owner of an institution for the blind. Though Lugosi has his charisma (and it's kind of a guilty pleasure to see him goofily play a blind character), the pace is agonizingly slow and I saw the 'surprise' ending coming from a mile away.
The DVD from a bargain bin company called St. Clair Vision claims to be "carefully remastered for the best possible picture quality." That's a laugh. The movie looks as fuzzy as one would expect, with scratches and poor contrast. Strangely, this DVD actually has not one but TWO sets of opening credits, the first one with the title "The Human Monster" and the second one with the British title "Dark Eyes of London," complete with British censor certificate! These are played back to back. "Carefully remastered" indeed. Completists might be interested in having both sets of credits, but that's really the only thing to recommend in the DVD. There are predictably no extras, and the box are is ugly. I got it as part of a "Classic Horror" boxed set.

once again, quite annoyed, yet not by the movie.......2004-02-02

what annoys me is a review giving this little known classic horror movie one star due to bad dvd quality. people are going to see a bad customer rating for this movie, and believe based on the lack of stars that this is a terrible movie, which is just not true. please, for god sakes, review the MOVIE, not the quality of the release. how stupid some people are! that's like giving a book a bad review because you didn't like the cover art. grow up.

now for the movie. this is a wonderful thriller starring bela lugosi. much of the story is set in a shelter for the blind, and this creates an air of confusion. lugosi's henchman, a deformed blind giant named jake, is brilliant. i recall one scene that is a classic moment in horror movie history where bela lugosi, in order to punish one of his minions, deafens a man who is already blind and dumb. then he binds his arms and legs and throws him in a tub of water. brilliant.

GREAT PAIRING OF LUGOSI and GRETA GYNT.......2004-01-18

My DVD suffers from bad sound, but I hope I`ll get hold of another edition. Norwegian Greta Gynt is NOT the cowardly heroine one sees in Dracula 1930 and so forth(Quote from a US critic), but Greta`s Diana Stewart stand up to Dr Orlock a`la a modern Scarlett O`Hara. The film is also brutal and the World seems indeed a not safe place 2 be in this account... All good people are NOT as they are supposed 2 be.....

The film is good, but as I said - my edition isn`t on par of what I`ve been told of other editions of this film. We all know of Bela Lugosi, but u better catch GRETA GYNT(1916-2000) in the films DEAR MURDERER 1947-as the neurotic Vivien - married 2 a man called Lee(humoursely - Vivien Leigh - VIVIAN MARY HARTLEY - got her professional name from HER husband, Leigh Holman) and the Ronald Neame-Hithcock-thriller TAKE MY LIFE 1947 as an operasinger, trying 2 catch a real killer when her own husband is suspcted of foul behaviour.

But this is DARK EYES OF LONDON - the film that MADE her :-)

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