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The Mad Ghoul
Release Date: November 12, 1943
Year | : | 1943 |
Slogan | : | «A Sensation in Horror!» |
Genres | : | Science Fiction, Horror |
Production Companies | : | Universal Pictures |
Director | : | James P. Hogan |
Producers | : | Ben Pivar |
Writers | : | Paul Gangelin, Brenda Weisberg, Hans Kraly |
RunTime | : | 65 mins. |
Dr. Alfred Morris, a university chemistry professor, rediscovers an ancient Mayan formula for a gas which turns men into pliant, obedient, zombie-like ghouls. After medical student Ted Allison becomes a guinea pig for Morris, the professor imagines that Allison's fiancée, a beautiful concert singer Isabel Lewis, wants to break off the engagement because she prefers the professor as a more "mature" lover but in reality loves Eric, her accompanist. In order to bring Ted back from his trance-like states, Morris commands him to perform a cardiectomy on recently deceased or living bodies in order to use serum from their hearts as a temporary antidote. When the serial murders seem to coincide with Isabel's touring schedule, ace reporter "Scoop" McClure gets on the mad scientist's trail.
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