Dark Eyes of London also dubbed The Human Monster is one of those movies that are stuck between one genre and the other. As with many other low budget thrillers from the 1930’s, it's a mix of the horror and mystery genre.
The plot revolves around the evil Dr. Orloff (Bela Lugosi), who seems to be a philanthropic insurance salesman. In reality, he is using a nearby home for the blind as a base for his evil schemes. Dr. Orloff is using the poor residents of the home in his plots to kill wealthy members of society.
Once the men are killed off, Orloff collects the insurance money through a series of forgeries and insurance fraud. His blind henchman Jake is a human gargoyle that does much of Dr. Orloff’s dirty work.
In my opinion, Lugosi is what saves this otherwise boring film from self destructing in on itself. It isn't exactly a bad film but it just doesn't carry itself along like most other films of it's like.
5 out of 10 Scarecrows
The plot revolves around the evil Dr. Orloff (Bela Lugosi), who seems to be a philanthropic insurance salesman. In reality, he is using a nearby home for the blind as a base for his evil schemes. Dr. Orloff is using the poor residents of the home in his plots to kill wealthy members of society.
Once the men are killed off, Orloff collects the insurance money through a series of forgeries and insurance fraud. His blind henchman Jake is a human gargoyle that does much of Dr. Orloff’s dirty work.
In my opinion, Lugosi is what saves this otherwise boring film from self destructing in on itself. It isn't exactly a bad film but it just doesn't carry itself along like most other films of it's like.
5 out of 10 Scarecrows
