Horror

The Human Monster

- Eyes of Doom! Man or Beast!

Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.

Release Date : 1939-11-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : John Argyle ProductionsMonogram Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : The Human Monster

Cast

Character Name : Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn

Original Name : Bela Lugosi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Det. Insp. Larry Holt

Original Name : Hugh Williams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diana Stuart

Original Name : Greta Gynt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lieutenant Patrick O'Reilly

Original Name : Edmon Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blind Jake

Original Name : Wilfred Walter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dumb Lou

Original Name : Arthur E. Owen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fred Grogan

Original Name : Alexander Field

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Stuart

Original Name : Gerald Pring

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prof. John Dearborn (voice)

Original Name : O.B. Clarence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Constable Griggs

Original Name : May Hallatt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Police Sgt. Walsh

Original Name : Bryan Herbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Morrison, undercover detective

Original Name : Charles Penrose

Gender : Male

Character Name : Orloff's Secretary

Original Name : Julie Suedo

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-02-12

Bela Lugosi tries hard here, but he really can't quite hold it all together as the doctor who is indirectly collecting insurance policies held on men who are brutally murdered. We know from early on just who is doing the killing and just who is pulling the strings, so to a certain extent we are just really marking the homework of Hugh Williams' "Insp. Holt" as he investigates the crimes and tries to get to the bottom of things before any more people are killed. His investigation is soon being assisted by the daughter of one of the victims - "Diana" (Greta Gynt) and that brings him to a school for the blind where Lugosi's "Dr. Orloff" acts as a consultant. Can he put two and two together in time? If it lost ten/fifteen minutes then it could have worked better, but even at 75 minutes it's too long with not enough happening to sustain the interest in what is a dark and gloomy production that is sadly devoid of jeopardy. It might actually have worked better on stage - it has some of the hallmark ingredients of a solid, if unimaginative, one act play - but on a big screen it's unremarkable fayre, I'm afraid.