The Mad Ghoul1943
“A Sensation in Horror!”
Directed by James P. Hogan
The premise
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover.
Horror Vault's take
A sinister chemistry professor harnesses the secrets of an ancient Mayan gas to conduct a chilling experiment on one of his own students, with consequences far darker than any laboratory notebook could record. What begins as academic curiosity quickly curdles into something predatory, as the professor's personal obsessions blur the line between science and monstrosity. Universal's 1943 chiller delivers old-school dread wrapped in a tale of manipulation, murder, and the terrible cost of being someone's pawn.
Content: Depictions Of Murder, Grave Robbery, Scientific Experimentation On A Person
Cast
George Zucco
Dr. Alfred Morris
David Bruce
Ted Allison
Evelyn Ankers
Isabel Lewis
Turhan Bey
Eric Iverson
Robert Armstrong
'Scoop' McClure
Milburn Stone
Sgt. Macklin
Addison Richards
Editor Gavigan
Rose Hobart
Della Elliott, reporter
Andrew Tombes
Mortician Eagan
Charles McGraw
Detective Garrity
Lillian Cornell
Isabel's Singing Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Gus Glassmire
1st Cemetery Caretaker
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