Some medical doctors led by Lionel Atwill are brought to the estate of the rich, but bedridden Ralph Morgan. They're there to watch a demonstration of the occult powers of a Hindu fakir played by Nils Asther.
Well this guy really has something, by sheer concentrated will power Asther creates a skeleton and might create a whole man before his concentration is broken. If you can teach this technique to amputees you might have them recreate and grow lost limbs. Of course this is all in the experimental stage. But pretty soon a whole lot of people around the estate start dying and the more that die, the suspect list gets shorter for police captain Robert Homans. In fact all the doctors but Irene Harvey start dying off as well as other guests and staff of the household.
Universal Pictures in this Gothic horror story with no real monsters as such spent a lot of this budget on getting a slew of players who specialize and/or have played some creepy villains. The cast is led by Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill who are the only ones billed above the title. Lugosi plays Morgan's butler and legend has it that butlers are the first to be looked at in any mystery. But believe any one or combination thereof are plausible culprits.
Quite an unusual ending here though, but keep in mind what all these people are gathered to witness. Night Monster is shot on the cheap, but this cast of players more than makes up for it.
Well this guy really has something, by sheer concentrated will power Asther creates a skeleton and might create a whole man before his concentration is broken. If you can teach this technique to amputees you might have them recreate and grow lost limbs. Of course this is all in the experimental stage. But pretty soon a whole lot of people around the estate start dying and the more that die, the suspect list gets shorter for police captain Robert Homans. In fact all the doctors but Irene Harvey start dying off as well as other guests and staff of the household.
Universal Pictures in this Gothic horror story with no real monsters as such spent a lot of this budget on getting a slew of players who specialize and/or have played some creepy villains. The cast is led by Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill who are the only ones billed above the title. Lugosi plays Morgan's butler and legend has it that butlers are the first to be looked at in any mystery. But believe any one or combination thereof are plausible culprits.
Quite an unusual ending here though, but keep in mind what all these people are gathered to witness. Night Monster is shot on the cheap, but this cast of players more than makes up for it.