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Rating:  - An efficiently creepy B horror thriller.
A good example of a well-made B horror thriller which will keep you sufficiently engrossed to make you forget that there are some things in it that do not make much sense. Bela Lugosi, despite his top billing, has a small role as an eavesdropping butler. The other actors are well-cast, especially Ralph Morgan as the crippled owner of a creepy country estate, and Nils Asther as an Eastern mystic. The bizarre plot and weird atmosphere are very effective.
Rating:  - Chills Galore!
This great, modest B-movie has more chills and atmosphere than most of the big-budget productions of the early 40s. Underrated B-actress, Fay Helm, steals the picture is the distraught woman who swears she has seen a man-like monster creeping around the grounds of her estate. Irene Hervey is also effective as the quiet, attractive psychiatrist. Doris Lloyd turns in another outstanding performance as the treacherous housekeeper. What a wonderful Mrs. Danvers she would have made in Hitchcock's Rebecca. A fun film to watch alone at night in a darkened room, preferably with mist covering the grounds--as they do in Night Monster.
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