FilmNRGothic Classic Monsters Comedy Horror

Horror Island1941

Name: Horror Island
Genre: Gothic, Classic Monsters, Comedy Horror
Released: 1941-03-28
Rating: 6.1

“Lookout! Terror pays a visit to "Horror Island" and a hunt for buried treasure ...becomes the wierdest adventure...you ever shivered through! the phantom strikes and another victim!”

Directed by George Waggner

6.1

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.9TMDB 5.8

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Year

1941

Runtime

60 min

Box Office

Budget

$93,000

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

When a cash-strapped entrepreneur hustles tourists onto a remote island promising buried pirate treasure, the adventure quickly turns sinister as a cloaked phantom begins stalking the grounds and guests start turning up dead. Part screwball romp, part old-dark-house mystery, Horror Island leans into secret passages, suits of armor, and shadowy corridors to deliver a breezy but genuinely eerie whodunit. Universal's 1941 programmer punches above its modest budget with a lively cast and a coastal Gothic atmosphere that keeps the intrigue bubbling right to the final reel.

Content: Murder, Mild Menace