Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) | |
| Director(s) | Robert Florey |
| Producer(s) | E.M. Asher (associate), Carl Laemmle Jr. |
| Top Genres | Crime, Horror, Mystery |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Detectives, Mad Scientists, Pre-Code Cinema |
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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) was a Crime - Horror Film directed by Robert Florey and produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. and E.M. Asher.
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Classic Films in Focus: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1932)
By Jennifer Garlen on Oct 15, 2023 From Virtual ViragoOn paper, Universal's 1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue sounds terrific; it adapts a chilling story from Edgar Allan Poe, stars Bela Lugosi, and offers Expressionist cinematography by Karl Freund, complete with all the lurid sensibility that Pre-Code horror can provide. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't... Read full article
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1986)
By Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 2, 2022 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogThis is a 1986 television movie based on Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale, with George C. Scott as master criminologist Auguste Dupin. I remember seeing ads for this before its first showing, but for whatever reason I didn't see it. I stumbled upon it recently on the Tubi streaming channel. In the 198... Read full article
HALLOWE'EN ON REMAKE AVENUE: Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1932 and Phantom of the Rue Morgue, 1954
on Oct 11, 2021 From Caftan WomanEdgar Allan Poe (1809-1949) changed the literary landscape and the reading habits of generations forever with his creation of the logically-minded amateur detective Auguste Dupin in The Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1841, The Mystery of Marie Roget, 1842, and The Purloined Letter, 1844.The Murders in t... Read full article
MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1932) On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
By Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 21, 2019 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogEarlier this year Shout Factory began issuing Blu-ray sets of various classic Universal horror films. One movie that they decided to give an individual release to is the 1932 version of Edgar Allan Poe's famous tale, MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE. Universal's MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE has for the most ... Read full article
MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE/THE DUNWICH HORROR Blu-ray Double Feature
By Dan Day Jr. on May 1, 2016 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogShout Factory, under the company's Scream Factory label, has released a Blu-ray double feature consisting of two American-International horror films: MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1971), and THE DUNWICH HORROR (1970). At first glance one would wonder why these two movies have been paired together, but... Read full article
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Part of the original SHOCK THEATER package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, followed a year later by SON OF SHOCK, which added 21 more features.
Many censors cut parts of the death scenes of the woman of the streets, eliminating her stabbing and her being tied to the cross beams.
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