Four digitally remastered movies on two DVDs. Originally released 1934-1963. Special features: trivia, fun facts. Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson.
Contents:
The ape -- The ghoul -- The terror -- Dick Tracy meets Gruesome.
Summary:
The ape (1940, 62 min.): Boris Karloff roams the streets at night in an ape skin killing to obtain a curing serum for a crippling spinal disease which killed his wife and daughter. The ghoul (1934, 73 min.): an eccentric English Egyptologist believes he must be buried with a rare scarab to avoid an ancient curse. After his death, thieves try to steel the treasure. The terror (1963, 81 min., col.): A young officer (Jack Nicholson) in Napoleon's army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of a Baron, who is being driven to suicide by a witch. Dick Tracy meets Gruesome (1947, 65 min.): Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas to put people into temporary suspended animation.
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