Top cast:Ralph Ince,Mary Maurice,James Morrison
Director:Nicholas Stoller
Genre:Film-Noir
Region:Japan
Year:1999
Storyline:]The soundtrack is composed almost entirely of classical music selections.In fact, the film was billed as: "The Daddy of ""em All! The Monster ofFrankensteinplus the monster ofDracula, plus the ""monstrousness"" of Edgar Allan Poe - all combined by the master makers of screen mysteries to give you the absolute apex in supershivery!"After the film""s credits, each of the major stars is introduced: Karloff (his first name dropped) with his back to the camera while playing an organ, Bela Lugosi engrossed in a game of chess - the metaphoric plot device, and minor stars David Manners, Jacqueline Wells, and Lucille Lund.The score by Andre Previn brings effective reinforcement and emphasis to many of the film""s melodramatic scenes.[Note: The Hudson house next door allegedly belonged to Rudolf Valentino.] Inside her living room - notice the Margaret Keane "sad eyes" painting "The Stray" hanging on the wall - Mrs.(He takes a bite of the hot food)Angered that his new and only friend criticizes the food ("Smells worse hot than it did cold"), Ratso threatens: "All right, startin"" tomorrow, you cook your own god-damn dinner.