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Actors: Bela Lugosi, Leon Ames, Sidney Fox, Bert Roach
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Murders in the Rue Morgue |
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Based on Edgar Allan POE's short novel, MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE was first released in 1932.
Dr. Mirakle is actually presenting his ape Erik at the Paris carnaval. At nights, he works in his secret laboratory in order to prove ape-human kinship. To do so, he kidnaps young women and injects them the blood of Erik. Until now, three of them have already died. One night, Erik notices Camille L'Espanaye in the crowd and asks for her hat. Camille's fiancé, Pierre Dupin, is a medicine student who will discover, after having examined the corpses of the dead women at the morgue, that someone has injected in their bodies the blood of an animal. Meanwhile, Dr. Mirakle wants to convince Camille to see Erik again.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Murders in the Rue Morgue |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Medical Thriller?
Yes
Medical Plotlets:
- wild experiments on people
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) long wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- scientist
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- scientific labs
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- asphyxiation
Check here if B&W
Yes
Is this movie based on a
- book
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