Second feature made out of the serial The Return of Chandu picking up the second half of the serial as Bela Lugosi, playing Chandu, his niece, nephew, and sister, travel to the ancient island of Lemuria where the beautiful Princess Nadji as been taken to be sacrificed to the god(s) of the cat worshipers inhabiting the isle. This edited feature suffers many of the same problems of the first edited feature: continuity concerns from bad editing, questionable character motivations from bad editing, poor direction in general, and inferior special effects, but this second feature, coming in at a whopping 70 minutes, does indeed have the resolution to the serial included and much more action. If you miss the first half, you can easily involve yourself in this film as the story is very easy to follow. Again, Lugosi is fun to watch as the hero.
Review of Chandu on the Magic Island
