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Voodoo Man

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A mad doctor (Bela Lugosi) and his helpers (John Carradine, George Zucco) lure girls to his lab for brain work, to help his wife.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 1944-02-21

Runtime: 62 mins

Director: William Beaudine

Spoken language: English

Genres: Horror, Mystery

Original title: Voodoo Man

Production Companies: Banner Productions, Monogram Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Reviews

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Geronimo1967
Nothing new in this thriller with Bela Lugosi as the mad scientist ("Dr. Marlowe") who is kidnapping young women from their cars and using hypnotism and a bizarre voodoo mysticism to steal their life-force in order to restore his long dead wife. George Zucco is his garage-owning sidekick who helps procure the victims. A journalist (Tod Andrews) is picked up by Louise Currie after he runs out of petrol, but after she, too, is taken he joins up with the local sheriff to get to the bottom of it all. John Carradine steals this as the gormless "Toby" but otherwise it's all been done before, and to a similar standard. It's not terrible, but that's not really much of an endorsement.
2022-06-30

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