Rent Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Complete Film Series (1945)
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- Synopsis:
Death, dementia, dark arts…it's just another day in the forbidding and fascinating world of the Inner Sanctum! Get ready for unlimited thrills and chills as all six classic Inner Sanctum Mysteries come to the UK for the first time ever! Based on the popular radio shows of the 1940's, horror icon Lon Chaney, Jr. (The Wolf Man), gives timeless performances in six spooky feature-length films.
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
A doctor is not sure if he murdered his wife and has his nurse try to find the truth by hypnotising him.
Weird Woman (1944)
While on a trip, a professor falls in love with an exotic native woman who turns out to be a supernatural being.Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
When an artist is blinded, an operation to restore his sight depends on another person willing to donate their eyes.
The Frozen Ghost (1945)
A stage mentalist and a discredited plastic surgeon are involved in mysterious goings-on in an eerie wax museum.
Strange Confession (1945)
Flashbacks reveal the events leading up to a man's revenge on the racketeer who took advantage of his wife.
Pillow of Death (1945)
A lawyer in love with his secretary is suspected of suffocating his wife, among others.- Actors:
- Lon Chaney Jr., Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce, Ramsay Ames, Fay Helm, Holmes Herbert, Alec Craig, Frederick Giermann, Lisa Golm, Charles Wagenheim, Mary Hale, George Eldredge, John Elliott, Earle Hodgins, Charles R. Moore, Norman Rainey, Kernan Cripps, Al Ferguson, Keith Ferguson
- Directors:
- Reginald Le Borg, Harold Young, John Hoffman, Wallace Fox
- Producers:
- Ben Pivar, Will Cowan
- Voiced By:
- Milburn Stone
- Writers:
- Edward Dein, Fritz Leiber Jr., Scott Darling, Brenda Weisberg, Dwight V. Babcock, Bernard Schubert, Luci Ward, Harrison Carter, Henry Sucher, M. Coates Webster, Jean Bart, George Bricker
- Aka:
- Calling Dr. Death / Weird Woman / Dead Man’s Eyes / The Frozen Ghost / Strange Confession / Pillow of Death945)
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/01/2021
- Run Time:
- 382 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
1. Calling Dr. Death (1943)
2. Weird Woman (1944)
3. Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
4. The Frozen Ghost (1945)
5. Strange Confession (1945)
6. Pillow of Death (1945)
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Late-Night Thrills - Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Complete Film Series review by CH
At the same time as it adapted the radio series The Whistler, Universal Studios took on a version of the Inner Sanctum. As with Richard Dix in the other series, this gave a different rôle in each of these six hour-long films to Lon Chaney. Two episodes suggest the variety on offer. In one a doctor turns hypnotism upon himself in order to prove that he did not murder his wife during a weekend which saw him embroiled with a nurse out of town. There are pleasing twists here, and some fine lighting, a tale which scarcely prepares one for another episode in which Chaney visits a remote island for a study of ritual - and returns with material for a book - and a woman he has married there. A situation which doubly riles other academics: there is a parade of outraged women, some of whom had their own designs upon him. Here is a tangled thread, perhaps too much so. If, on this showing, the Inner Sanctum - well shot as it is - does not entrice as readily as The Whistler it certainly shows how much can be done within an hour.
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