FilmNRClassic Monsters Psychological Gothic

Black Dragons1942

Name: Black Dragons
Genre: Classic Monsters, Psychological, Gothic
Released: 1942-03-06
Rating: 4.9

“It's the picture that has the whole town shivering!”

Directed by William Nigh

4.9

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 4.3TMDB 4.6

✍ Review

Share this title

X Facebook Reddit Pinterest

Year

1942

Runtime

64 min

The premise

It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant scientist, Dr. Melcher, to travel to Japan on a secret mission. There he operates on six Japanese conspirators, transforming them to resemble six American leaders. The actual leaders are murdered and replaced with their likeness.

Horror Vault's take

On the eve of World War II, a shadowy alliance between Japan's Black Dragon Society and the Nazis sets a chilling infiltration scheme into motion — one that requires a brilliant but morally compromised surgeon to do the unthinkable. As American leadership comes under threat from within, a mysterious stranger begins appearing at a Washington embassy, and no one can be sure who is truly who. Bela Lugosi brings his trademark brooding menace to this wartime thriller, lending an air of dread to a tale of surgical deception and Cold betrayal. Paranoia runs high as the line between ally and enemy dissolves completely.

Content: Wartime Propaganda Themes, Period-Era Racial Stereotyping