Condemned to Live (1935)
1935 · Feature film · 65 min · dir. Frank R. Strayer
What was this creature that DEATH could not claim?
- Horror
- Thriller
Synopsis
After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampire committing the murders.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Frank R. Strayer
- Writer
- Karen DeWolf
- Cinematography
- M.A. Andersen
- Studio
- Invincible Pictures Corp.
- Released
- 1935-09-15
- Running time
- 65 minutes
Cast & crew
Frank R. Strayer Director
Ralph Morgan
Pedro de Cordoba
Maxine Doyle
Russell Gleason
Mischa Auer
Lucy Beaumont
Carl Stockdale
Barbara Bedford
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Very nice! · ghostmadl · 2013-08-16
I started watching this and suddenly remembered that the last time I saw this was on a horror host's show in the 80s. Awesome memories and awesome movie. Very suspenseful.
★★★ · Must see for fans of 30s horror · blue1967 · 2010-06-01
One of the better independent 30s horror films. The beginning and end are the best parts. It's to bad they didn't do more with Ralph Morgan's transformation scenes. Micha Auer is very good as Morgan's devoted hunchedbacked helper. Enjoyed this one very much.
★★★ · Tolerable · Moongleam · 2014-03-06
This film suffers from 1. a low budget 2. a slow pace 3. some bad acting 4. being quaint and old-fashioned but despite all of that I was able to get some enjoyment out of it. The star, Ralph Morgan, was the brother of Frank Morgan, who played the Wizard of Oz.
★★ · Another Approach to Vampires · Poohbah70 · 2019-06-12
Neither much horror, nor much sci-fi. Not THAT bad, but not a MUST watch - unless you have a passion for 1930s films of any sort and have to see whatever is available on the IA. Ralph Morgan (Dr. Paul Kristan) as the most decent and kindly man in town and Mischa Auer (Zan, the Hunchback), his loving, faithful servant, give decent performances. Maxine Doyle (Marguerite Mane) plays an unbelievably innocent and trusting young lady betrothed to the older Dr. Kristan. But, everybody in town is unbelievably naive and trusting - as well as naive and given to superstitious beliefs. The rest of the…
★★ · Seriously creaky · tbragg · 2017-04-13
One thinks that a movie like Frankenstein is creaky, and then one sees something like this. Terrible dialogue, stilted acting, poor continuity, and occasionally laughable awkwardness. And yet it's an interesting story with some unusual features for the horror genre at this time. I enjoyed it, but giggled a lot at the clumsiness.
★ · Oh, The Opening.... · doowopbob · 2010-05-02
....What Drama!.......A Pepe Le Pew..! P/U..!...Im A Cereal Killer Too..I Murdered A Box Of Total,,!
