jonwash The ending of this movie has stuck with me to this day, over 50 years later. I was convince I was being talked to. For years I searched to this movie but never really knew the title. It is not the greatest movie ever but it is still fun to watch. Got the DVD

Leofwine_draca NIGHT OF TERROR is an early entry in the creaky 'old dark house' genre which was all the rage in the 1930s. It has all of the right ingredients in pretty much the right order, and at just an hour in length it doesn't drag on too much. A familial home is the setting for a night of murders and mysterious disappearances as the police struggle to investigate. You get mad scientists, a maniac killer prowling the countryside and knifing his victims, a mystic, comedy relief from a frightened black servant, a shifty servant, secret passages, plotting, hidden motives, and gloomy old locales. Bela Lugosi headlines the production, riding high on the big success of DRACULA, and is fantastically creepy. The rest is dated but nonetheless a lot of fun.

Michael_Elliott Night of Terror (1933) ** (out of 4) Somewhat entertaining but overall boring horror/mystery about a deformed madman killing off members of an estate with a large knife. Even though he gets top billing, Bela Lugosi is wasted as the Hindu servant. The cast is mainly boring and this leads to the viewer not caring who lives or dies but the look of the madman is nice. Wallace Ford co-stars. The ending is followed by another ending where the maniac warns audience members not to reveal the ending or he'll come and kill them.

JoeKarlosi I'm sorry I waited so long to see this film; for years I'd heard how poor it allegedly was, so I made the mistake of steering clear of it for far too long. It's nothing 'great,' but it certainly was fair enough and hit the spot with me for Halloween-time viewing. It's a murder mystery set in a creepy house with a decent share of horrific elements: a Mr. Hyde-like goon with a knife in top hat and cape called The Maniac stalks the grounds; a scientist experiments with suspended animation and getting himself buried alive; the otherworldly Bela Lugosi headlines as a peculiar household servant in a turban who's married to his eerily mystical wife. Add to the mix Wallace Ford (THE MUMMY'S HAND, THE MUMMY'S TOMB, THE APE MAN) and some occasional dashes of humor, and there are far worse ways to spend just over an hour. The wrap-up of this whodunit is satisfying, and there is a secret 'gag' ending that really delivers. ** out of ****