Le Fantôme vivant

Original title: The Ghoul

1933
Approved
1h 20m

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5.8/10

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Boris Karloff in Le Fantôme vivant (1933)

An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.

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An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.An Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

3.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

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Trivia
For many years this was regarded as a "lost film", with no prints or elements known to exist. A nitrate release print was discovered in the Czech National Archives, in Prague, in then Czechoslovakia. This print was a subtitled, edited version that was in poor condition, and contained numerous splices. Several years later, a print of the uncut British version was finally discovered.

Goofs
At 40:15 when the candles are being lit, the fill light to the right flashes off and then on.

Quotes
Broughton: I advise you to be very careful, Laing.
Laing: I've a careful nature.
Broughton: You may be putting yourself perilously near dishonesty.
Laing: I've seen men nearer.

Alternate versions
Most theatrical/TV prints run 73 minutes. Video release restores original running length of 79 minutes.

Connections
Edited into Pale Moonlight Theater: The Ghoul (2014)

Soundtracks
Siegfried's Funeral March
(uncredited)
from "Der Götterdämmerung"
Music by Richard Wagner
Arranged by Louis Levy
Played during Morlant's funeral procession and thereafter

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Featured review

Great Mummy Film

After Boris Karloff starred in The Mummy, he went back to England to film this eerie followup. In this film, he looks like a combination Frankenstein monster and the mummy I'm-Ho-Tep - and as grotesque as possible.

The tomb-robbing Ernest Thesiger gets the action going. Karloff stalking through the moldy mansion is as eerie as you can imagine. The end in which Karloff goes back to his tomb has some scenes that are the most hair-raising as you can imagine.

NOTE: Avoid copies that are incomplete or cut. The version that I have is 76 minutes long and some of the others seem to be abridged.

Watch it with your B-movie buddies.