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Murders in the Zoo is a 1933 pre-Code horror film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, written by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller. Particularly dark, even for its time, film critic Leonard Maltin called the film "astonishingly grisly."
Murders in the Zoo: Directed by A. Edward Sutherland. With Charles Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott. A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her.
- (1.8K)
- Crime, Horror
- A. Edward Sutherland
- 1933-03-31
Subject: Odd Mix of Horror, Comedy, and Mystery. MURDERS IN THE ZOO is an odd little film, a mixture of horror, comedy, and mystery, with the occasional thrill. Lionel Atwill is his usual evil self, and Randolph Scott's career was just taking off. Kathleen Burke as Atwill's wife is good, and she has eyes that Hollywood loved.
- 62 min
- 6.3K
- BERTUS856
6 days ago · Jon Hochschartner. Aug 06, 2024. I was intrigued reading the synopsis for 1933’s Murders in the Zoo. It’s a horror film about a big-game hunter who kills a number of people. As an animal activist, I wondered if there would be any suggestion the hunter’s violence toward his fellow humans was connected to his violence toward other creatures.
Murders in the Zoo is a 1933 American horror-thriller film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Lionel Atwill and Charles Ruggles. A zoologist kills off those he suspects may be in love with his unfaithful wife. Charles Ruggles as Peter Yates Lionel Atwill as Eric Gorman Gail Patrick as Jerry Evans Randolph Scott as Dr. Jack Woodford John Lodge as Roger Hewitt Kathleen Burke as Evelyn ...
Murders in the Zoo opens with one of the most shocking scenes in 1930s horror cinema. In French Indochina, big-game hunter Eric Gorman (Lionel Atwill) is seen using needle and thread on a fallen colleague he is not tending to a wound however; the man rises toward the camera, his hands bound behind his back and his lips stitched shut.
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Nov 1, 2009 · So at a banquet given at the Carnivora house at the Municipal Zoo, surrounded by wild animals in cages, Hewitt finds a quick and untimely demise. Lionel Atwill was one of the most frequent stars in the early sound horror films, so much so that they constitute a solid chunk of his filmography.
