#monogram nine

Your deadicated hosts have arrived at the final film in Lugosi's infamous Monogram Nine: RETURN OF THE APE MAN (1944, Rosen)! Starring Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco (sort of) and Frank Moran.

Despite tropes of mad scientists and ape men, this poverty row flick doesn't quite fit the mold.

Three horror stars in one picture! Your deadicated hosts review VOODOO MAN (1944) from William "One-Shot" Beaudine, starring Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, and John Carradine.

Thrills, chills and meta jokes fill this Monogram picture to the brim.

Bela Lugosi investigates gorilla glands and human spinal fluid in Monogram's 1943 horror THE APE MAN directed by William "One Shot" Beaudine.

While not much to look at, it's a fun flick that had us wondering... Hey, why aren't you in the army?

Bela, brides, and botox!

Your deadicated hosts take on another of Bela Lugosi's Monogram Nine with THE CORPSE VANISHES (Fox 1942). Noted as one of his more bizarre Monogram films, your hosts decide just where this botox-inventing horror flick ranks.

From Monogram Pictures, it's BOWERY AT MIDNIGHT (1942), directed by Wallace Fox and starring Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Wanda McKay, Tom Neal, and Bela Lugosi! Twice the Bela, twice the... fun?

See the INVISIBLE GHOST (1941) with your deadicated hosts! Directed by Joseph H Lewis, the sole screenwriting credit of actress Helen Martin, it's the first of Bela Lugosi's Monogram Nine... but how will it fare when ranked?

Is it old-fashioned or homage? Is the story nonsense or genre convention? Are the events psychological or supernatural? We try to sort it all out in this week’s episode!