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अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंPeople in an old dark house on a stormy night are menaced by a killer ape.People in an old dark house on a stormy night are menaced by a killer ape.People in an old dark house on a stormy night are menaced by a killer ape.
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"The Monster Walks" is a very old and very cheap haunted-house mystery thriller without much mystery. Yet, considering the budget and the experience cast & crew members disposed of, this probably isn't such a bad movie after all. I'm sure that fans of early horror films will definitely detect a lot of charm and goodwill in this typical story about a wealthy daughter that is targeted for murder upon returning to her parental house for the regulation of her dead father's inheritance. Ruth has always been petrified by her father's pet-ape and, although safely caged in the basement, some malicious persons uses the animal to scare her senseless. Rex Lease is her all-knowing doctor/boyfriend who investigates the strange nightly events and eventually reveals the true culprit. Maybe the plot-twists would have intrigued me more if the actual climax wasn't stupidly mentioned on the DVD-box, but I still can't say the script is very complex or effectively misleading. There are one or two decent suspense-moments but overall this is a dull and unexciting poverty row movie. All the lovely clichés of 30's horror cinema are there, though, like the exaggeratedly polite servants, the seemly endless thunderstorm outside the castle and the black chauffeur-guy who simultaneously serves as the comic relief. This is an okay film as long as you don't expect to see another "The Old Dark House".
THE MONSTER WALKS (1932)
An ape is killing people in an old spooky house! This movie is sooo bad, but also a wonderful example of the 1930's "haunted house" films. We love the scene where a dead body is kept in a room lit only by a single candle light...Lots of gimmicky scenes that were common in those days are practiced in this atmospheric movie. Don't miss it, it's a real treasure that will have you laughing, but also calling up some great memories of the era.
An ape is killing people in an old spooky house! This movie is sooo bad, but also a wonderful example of the 1930's "haunted house" films. We love the scene where a dead body is kept in a room lit only by a single candle light...Lots of gimmicky scenes that were common in those days are practiced in this atmospheric movie. Don't miss it, it's a real treasure that will have you laughing, but also calling up some great memories of the era.
Typical from the thirties, this horror flick from Poverty Row remains interesting to watch for gem diggers. Frank Strayer was a prolific film director whose most filmography is now lost and forgotten. I recently reviewed DEATH FROM A DISTANCE, the most interesting of them all, most incredible and unusual; and also VAMPIRE BAT. All those films are not destined to today hoorror audiences. But we are lucky enough to purchase those B movies. Of course it is slow, very slow, sort of sleeping pills. Anyway, there are not too long and after little practice, you should make it with not much effort. Good luck.
Treating this horror film as anything but camp and you will agree it's one of the worst films ever made. The acting is wooden, the writing amateurish (with leading lady, Vera Reynolds, saying to her fiancé, Rex Lease, "Oh Ted, take me away" at least five times, whenever something disturbing happens), and the production values poor. As a horror film by today's standards it's totally laughable, but in 1932 it was intended to scare audiences. You see a wall picture move, revealing a hole (gasp! someone is watching). You see a furry arm come through the headboard and threaten an unsuspecting sleeper. And there's a caged ape in the basement that may or may not know how to get out of his cage. (He's called an ape but is obviously a chimpanzee.) Willie Best, annoying billed as "Sleep N' Eat," provides the intended comedy relief and is as good as usual, but don't expect too much from anyone else. See it with a group and you'll all have some fun.
Forgetful Filmmakers Dept.: Lawyer Sidney Bracy is billed onscreen as "Herbert Wilkes." But in the will he reads, he is referred to as "William Wilkes."
Forgetful Filmmakers Dept.: Lawyer Sidney Bracy is billed onscreen as "Herbert Wilkes." But in the will he reads, he is referred to as "William Wilkes."
It was a dark and stormy night with constant cannon fire in the distance, with the wind scratching a wax record somewhere out of scene. OK the quality of the picture is not Oscar material but hey, this was 1932. At least now I know where H&B got all the gags for the Scooby Doo cartoons. As mentioned in most of the other comments this is a typical Haunted House movie, with only one or two real surprises. There is even the maniac monkey thrown in as with countless other "horror" movies of the era. Were chimps really that scary back then???? The acting is worthy of any community playhouse, I kept looking for the script cards Hanns was reading off of. And I was shocked to learn Hanns actually had musical talent - kinda... sorta... OK not really. But I did manage to make it through this movie in one setting without going comatose, but I did find myself quoting Vera at least once or twice during the movie, "Oh Ted, take me away!".
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाThis film features the word "Damn", six year and ten months before गॉन विथ द विंड (1939). At 23:49 seconds, the phrase "Damned Old Hypocrite" is used.
- गूफ़Robert Earlton says that Ruth is not the type of 'historical' woman that's given to nightmares, instead of 'hysterical'.
- भाव
Dr. Ted Clayton: Wealth to youth is golden, but to age it is a milestone.
- कनेक्शनFeatured in Sprockets: Golden Turkeys (1991)
- साउंडट्रैकWiegenlied (Lullaby) Op. 49 No. 4
(uncredited)
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Played on the violin as part of the plot
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- How long is The Monster Walks?Alexa द्वारा संचालित
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- चलने की अवधि
- 1 घं 3 मि(63 min)
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- ध्वनि मिश्रण
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 1.37 : 1
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