The read
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 1m.
Synopsis
A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated, castle-like home.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic44/100
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
157 audience votes
Key crew
- David BoehmScreenplay
- Lew LandersDirector
- Clifford VaughanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Boris KarloffEdmond Bateman
- Bela LugosiDr. Richard Vollin
- Lester MatthewsDr. Jerry Holden
- Irene WareJean Thatcher
- Samuel S. HindsJudge Thatcher
- Spencer ChartersCol. Bertram Grant
- Inez CourtneyMary Burns
- Ian WolfeGeoffrey 'Pinky' Burns
- Maidel TurnerMrs. Grant
- Raine BennettPoe (uncredited)
- Al FergusonThe Crook (uncredited)
- Nina GoldenDancer (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
plastic surgeryrevengeserial killermad doctortorture chambercar accidentgothic romancepoe fanaticmad surgeonpsychotic obsessionsobsessed with a woman