Maniacal Mayhem

Three more tales of terror from the vaults of Universal Pictures, all starring the iconic Boris Karloff. Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi both star In The Invisible Ray (dir. Lambert Hillyer, 1936), which sees Dr Janos Rukh (Karloff) exposed to a mysterious element that turns him into a deadly luminescent maniac who devises a plot to bump off his personal and professional rivals. Then, in Black Friday (dir. Arthur Lubin, 1940), Karloff is the amoral brain surgeon, Dr Sovac, who transplants part of a gangster's brain into the body of his dying friend, creating a terrifying Jekyll-and-Hyde figure who starts murdering his former criminal associates (including, again, the wonderful Béla Lugosi). Finally, the incomparable Charles Laughton plays the sadistic Sire Alain de Maletroit in The Strange Door (dir. Joseph Pevney, 1951). Maletroit has kept his own brother locked in a dungeon for twenty years, and now wants to ruin the life of his niece by forcing her to marry a violent rogue. His plan is upset when the "rogue" is unexpectedly noble-hearted and attempts to rescue the girl, aided by an abused servant (Karloff).

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Commentary: 'The Invisible Ray' and 'The Strange Door': Author Stephen Jones and author/critic Kim Newman; 'Black Friday': Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby., Image Gallery, 'The Sire de Maletroit's Door' radio adaptations., Trailers

Actors: Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton, Michael Pate, Bela Lugosi, Walter Kingsford, Anne Nagel, Morgan Farley, Beulah Bondi, Richard Stapley, Anne Gwynne, Jack Mulhall, Alan Napier, Stanley Ridges, Violet Kemble Cooper, Frances Drake, Paul Cavanagh, Frank Reicher, Edmund MacDonald, Frank Lawton, Murray Alper, Sally Forrest, Paul Fix, Virginia Brissac, William Cottrell

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 230 minutes

Number of Discs: 2

Subtitle Languages: English

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