Three titans of the horror genre make appearances in this grisly period piece about a young doctor on the verge of being wrongfully executed for murder. Enter Sir Joel Cadman (Basil Rathbone), who gives the condemned man a drug that induces the appearance of death. Once the ruse works, the body is handed over to Cadman, who has his own sick plans for the still-living man. The high-caliber cast includes Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi.
An underrated fore-runner to the Hammer horror film tradition of the neo-gothic. While it gets off to a slow start, this film has a fascinating premise and a few nasty tricks up its sleeve. Featuring a complex and layered performance by Basil Rathbone and a wonderful turn from Akim Tamiroff as a "comic relief" Gypsy who is really a sociopath, any lover of classic horror should check this out!