The Monster Walks (1932)
Género : Terror, Suspense, Misterio
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 0M
Director : Frank R. Strayer
Sinopsis
Ruth Earlton has come home to her ancestral mansion to claim her inheritance. Accompanied by her boyfriend, she discovers that her father died suddenly under suspicious circumstances. Now it's her turn, as her deranged and relentless uncle targets her for death with the help of his wife and son, plus a very unhappy ape.
Una corporación malvada intenta presionar a un grupo de granjeros y rancheros de Arkansas para que vendan sus tierras y asi puedan desmantelarlas para obtener carbón. La ferozmente orgullosa y obstinada familia Hunter se niega a ceder. Esto lleva a un amargo conflicto en el que resultan varias bajas. Con el tiempo, Tom Hunter, sin sentido, toma una dura venganza contra los villanos con la ayuda de su arco y flecha.
Clive, un humilde trabajador, está a punto de conquistar a una rica heredera, cuando Roberta, su antigua novia, le comunica que está embarazada; Roberta se ahoga en circunstancias extrañas y él es acusado de asesinato.
A married couple are traveling on a deserted desert road at night. They stop at a diner and the husband goes to the men's room. He never returns and the wife begins to suspect serious foul play.
El psiquiatra Ed Altman ha de mudarse a otra ciudad para escapar de una acusación de acoso sexual. Una vez en Palm Springs, el doctor tiene una aventura con una mujer adinerada llamada Ally que está planeando involucrar a Ed en el asesinato de su esposo. Ally tiene un amante, Nick, y hace tiempo que quiere deshacerse de su marido. Es por esto que ve en el psiquiatra una oportunidad inigualable para acabar con él y que ella y su novio salgan impunes. Ally llama a Ed en mitad de la noche y le dice que su marido le está pegando. Cuando este se presenta en casa, descubre que el hombre está muerto y se da cuenta entonces del plan urdido por la mujer. Ella y su novio han huido y al psiquiatra, dados sus antecedentes, le va a costar mucho demostrar su inocencia.
A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer. Written by Tony Fontana
El editor Jim Branch se enamora de una mujer de la alta sociedad, Sharon Norwood. La utilizará para conseguir información de sus allegados ricos y famosos, con el objetivo de resolver un asesinato.
A spate of killings of teenagers by a maniac dressed like a hippie causes a detective to check the records for similar killings. He discovers that every five years, in the fifth month of the year, for five consecutive days, the same type of killings have occurred, and the few descriptions of the suspect always match: he's dressed like a hippie. As the detective searches for the killer, he begins to have suspicions about his superior, an older man who is haunted by memories of his military service in Vietnam.
Un detective (Victor McLaglen) investiga una serie de asesinatos en el marco de un espectáculo musical que acaba de estrenarse.
George Manning is a well-to-do businessman, husband, and father. While his family is away on his birthday, he invites a pair of rain-soaked young women into his house to wait out an evening thunderstorm. The two girls seduce Manning and ultimately kidnap and torture him in his own home.
Una muchacha accede a unos códigos secretos tras el asesinato de su hermano. Un agente doble logra ingresarla en un psiquiátrico antes de que los entregue a las autoridades.
A policeman (Glenn Langan) with a pregnant wife (Adele Jergens) winds up chasing a payroll thief (Lon Chaney Jr.) into Mexico by helicopter.
One dark and stormy night, an escaped convict, an embezzler, a runaway daughter, her intended and her father, and a gangster take refuge in a remote inn called "The Black Raven" after the nickname of a second gangster who owns it; and murder ensues.
Un guionista (Colin Farrell) busca inspiración para su próximo trabajo, en el que dos excéntricos amigos (Sam Rockwell y Christopher Walken) planean secuestrar a un perro. El asunto se complica cuando el animal de compañía de un mafioso desaparece.
A scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before he is frozen, his wife is killed, and he is suspected of her murder. a murder suspect.
When publisher William Marshall learns his young ward Melissa Collins has committed suicide, he sets in motion a plan to murder the man who drove Melissa to kill herself. Mistakenly believing that singer Larry Shaw is his intended target, Marshall unwittingly seeks help from the man who actually broke Melissa's heart.
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
A young man takes over as the head of a crack dealing outfit after his brother, the gang's leader, is murdered.
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a musical is playing. The film focuses on the relationship between the two men, and also between various characters in the theater audience, staff and cast.
Un ornitólogo alemán se desplaza a una vieja villa para una de sus investigaciones. En un paseo descubre de manera casual unas viejas cintas que un psiquiatra grabó acerca de unos misteriosos sucesos que ocurrieron entre aquellas paredes. Así, se entera de una tenebrosa historia de amores incestuosos y traiciones que termina en una baño de sangre orquestado por un inesperado personaje poseído por la locura.
A man returns home to his wife from a business trip only to find a dead body in their yard.