The Phantom Creeps
The truncated feature version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
Action
Science Fiction
TV Movie
Horror
3.8
8 reviewsRuntime: 78 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1949-06-06
Director(s): Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind
Production: Universal Pictures
Languages: English
IMDB: tt0127728
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CinemaSerf★ 4/106/22/2022
This film is a cannibalisation of a series of twelve episodes cut (not particularly skilfully) into just under 80 minutes. As such, there are some glaring holes in the storyline as Bela Lugosi portrays a scientist who has discovered a new meteorite element and is determined to convert it into a whole range of useful things including explosives; a deadly Z-ray, a lethal gas; an invisibility contraption; a machine that can heal wounds and... the most astonishing and hysterical looking Inca-esque robot you've ever seen - as he strives for world domination and to stay ahead of the investigating G men. It's a hoot, and should be viewed as such - for heaven's sake don't try to make sense of it - it's just there to be enjoyed.