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Murders in the Rue Morgue

1932 · 61 min

A frantic, early cinematic dive into a bizarre and unsettling urban mystery.

Directed by
Robert Florey
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Crime
Starring
Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Leon Ames
Tagline
The super shocker !
Overview
In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.

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Directed by
Robert Florey
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Crime
Starring
Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Leon Ames
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • madness
  • mystery
  • science
  • violence
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror7
Humour1
Realism3
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery, crime
Directed by
Robert Florey
Written by
Ethel M. Kelly, Dale Van Every, Tom Reed
Starring
Sidney Fox, Bela Lugosi, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Betty Ross Clarke, Brandon Hurst, D'Arcy Corrigan, Noble Johnson
Cinematography
Karl Freund
Runtime
61 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Danish, English, German, Italian

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