The Devil Commands
1941
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The Boogie Man Will Get You. A mad professor (Boris Karloff) in New England zaps people in a special cabinet to create an army of supermen. Unlike the brilliant (and similar) Arsenic...
- (22)
- Lew Landers
- Comedy
- Boris Karloff
Boogie Man Will Get You, The (1942) *** (out of 4) A nutty doctor (Boris Karloff) plans on creating supermen but his experiments continue to fail. With the help of another man (Peter Lorre) the two start kidnapping folks from the hotel being ran above their basement.
The Boogie Man Will Get You: Directed by Lew Landers. With Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Maxie Rosenbloom, Larry Parks. A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.
- (1.3K)
- Comedy, Horror
- Lew Landers
Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Matt Brunson Film Frenzy. Unlike the brilliant (and similar) Arsenic and Old Lace, the material here is very hit-and-miss, but Peter Lorre is...
The Boogie Man Will Get You is a 1942 American comedy horror film directed by Lew Landers and starring Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. It was the final film Karloff made under his contract with Columbia Pictures, and it was filmed in the wake of his success in the 1941 Broadway production Arsenic and Old Lace.
Mar 13, 2024 · A very cute little screwball comedy that was actually a very pleasant surprise. It was quite reminiscent of Arsenic and Old Lace, in fact, while it predates Capra’s film, it clearly took massive inspiration and liberties from the famous stage play (1941).
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Review by Calvin Dyson ★★★½ Fun and silly little screwball comedy horror with Karloff and Peter Lorre hamming it up nicely for laughs. The two lead stars are obviously great together and play off each other really well.
