Horror Island

1941

1h 0m

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5.8/10

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A down-on-his luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.

Directors

George Waggner

Writers

Alex Gottlieb(story by)

Victor McLeod(screenplay by)

Maurice Tombragel(screenplay by)

Stars

Dick Foran

Leo Carrillo

Peggy Moran

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Top cast

Bill Martin

Tobias Clump

Wendy Creighton

Stuff Oliver

Cousin George

Thurman Coldwater

Professor Jasper Quinley

Sergeant McGoon

Rod Grady

Arleen Grady

Panama Pete

The Stranger

Wreck Spectator (uncredited)

Ted Billings

Wreck Spectator (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Police Officer (uncredited)

Don Dillaway

Sailor (uncredited)

Walter Tetley

Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Directors

George Waggner

Writers

Alex Gottlieb(story by)

Victor McLeod(screenplay by)

Maurice Tombragel(screenplay by)

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Dick Foran is "Bill" who sees an opportunity to start selling treasure-hunting tours to a nearby island he has recently inherited, where there are rumours of a great hoard buried by the famed pirate Sir Henry Morgan. He and pal Fizzy Knight ("Stuff Oliver") recruit a few gullibles and off they set. When they arrive, they get a lot more than they bargained for as things really do start to go bump in the night; folks start turning up dead and a mysterious. malevolent voice haunts their old mansion house repeatedly telling them to leave. The script is fun and well paced, though the humour is a touch too slapstick for me at times, and the photography and lighting help create just a little bit of suspense in what is essentially an episode of "Scooby Do" with shadows. Until the end it's as much of a whydunit as a whodunit, and though the plot doesn't really matter - it sustains the hour well enough.

Geronimo196725 Jun, 2022