The House of Mystery

Original title: House of Mystery

1934
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1h 2m

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Verna Hillie, Ed Lowry, and Emil Van Horn in The House of Mystery (1934)

An ancient curse and a killer ape are contained inside an old dark mansion.An ancient curse and a killer ape are contained inside an old dark mansion.An ancient curse and a killer ape are contained inside an old dark mansion.

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Ed Lowry

Dylan 'Jack' Armstrong

Verna Hillie

Ella Browning

John Sheehan

Harry Smith

Brandon Hurst

Hindu Priest

Joyzelle Joyner

Chanda
(as Laya Joy)

Fritzi Ridgeway

Stella Walker

Clay Clement

John Prendergast aka John Pren

George 'Gabby' Hayes

David Fells
(as George Hayes)

Dale Fuller

Geraldine Carfax

Harry C. Bradley

Prof. Horatio Potter
(as Harry Bradley)

Irving Bacon

Police Insp. Ned Pickens

Mary Foy

Hyacinth Potter

Sam Godfrey

Jerome Ellis
(as Samuel Godfrey)

Dick Botiller

Hindu
(uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Detective Sawyer
(uncredited)

George Cleveland

Detective Clancy
(uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

Bartender
(uncredited)

James C. Morton

Englishman
(uncredited)

Director
- William Nigh
Writers
- Albert DeMond
- Adam Shirk
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Trivia
The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

Quotes
Prof. Horatio Potter: I shan't be able to go my dear. I must be at the museum. They're going to unwrap the mummy of Ramses the Fourth.
Mrs. Hyacinth Potter: Listen, you worm: you'll be at Mr. Pren's house tomorrow night and forget all about Ramses the Fourth or I'll make a mummy out of Potter the First!

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Featured in Scream Stream Live!: The House of Mystery (2023)

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House of Mystery (1934)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

An adventurer kills a sacred monkey and soon a curse is put on him. He returns to America and his share holders want their money but before he returns it they must stay a week in his mansion where all sorts of strange things are going on. This is yet another "old dark house" film with another mystery and another deadly gorilla. As I've said countless times before, I'm really not sure why everyone of these films had to have a gorilla in it but I guess people in the 30s were terrified of them. The cast of characters are pretty varied and fun including a nerdy professor and his pushy wife. There's some light comedy thrown in that works as well but the film mainly tries to work its mystery and it does so to a nice effect. I think the screenplay is rather good and I enjoyed how they added in the curse of the monkey. The gorilla outfit doesn't look too bad but then again I might be saying this because I've seen some really bad ones out there. Clay Clement does a very good job in the lead and the supporting cast is fine.