Horror Island

Horror Island

28/3/1941 1h 0m 5.8/10

Overview

A down-on-his luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.

Director

George Waggner

Top Billed Cast

Dick Foran

Dick Foran

Bill Martin

John Eldredge

John Eldredge

Cousin George

Fuzzy Knight

Fuzzy Knight

Stuff Oliver

Leo Carrillo

Leo Carrillo

Tobias Clump

Lewis Howard

Lewis Howard

Thurman Coldwater

Peggy Moran

Peggy Moran

Wendy Creighton

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/25/2022

6/10

Dick Foran is "Bill" who sees an opportunity to start selling treasure-hunting tours to a nearby island he has recently inherited, where there are rumours of a great hoard buried by the famed pirate Sir Henry Morgan. He and pal Fizzy Knight ("Stuff Oliver") recruit a few gullibles and off they set. When they arrive, they get a lot more than they bargained for as things really do start to go bump in the night; folks start turning up dead and a mysterious. malevolent voice haunts their old mansion house repeatedly telling them to leave. The script is fun and well paced, though the humour is a touch too slapstick for me at times, and the photography and lighting help create just a little bit of suspense in what is essentially an episode of "Scooby Do" with shadows. Until the end it's as much of a whydunit as a whodunit, and though the plot doesn't really matter - it sustains the hour well enough.

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