the only thing differentiate this film from a loony tune cartoon star daffy duck and professor jekyll and actually and be the music . instead of be by carl stalling and it a horrible neo romantic hodge podge of tchaikovsky ( romeo and juliet overture and i ask you . ) and schubert and liszt and other classic pop . it even have karloff and a the mad scientist and play bach toccata and fugue at the organ for good measure and at a crucial moment and which must already have be a hoary film cliché and even in 1934. with the plot melodramatics skid in constant overdrive and it hard to decide whether one be be subject to a shabby little shocker or to an embarrassment of cinematic rich . one clue to the whole set up be in the ritualistic latin incantation use by karloff during the black mass he celebrate in the medieval dungeon of his ultra modernistic castle represent it a mixture of latin expression cobble together and straight from the dictionary and one of which be cum grano salis and which translates and you guess it and a with a grain of salt . otherwise and this film have everything horror fan crave represent the young adorable honeymoon brad and janet type american couple seek refuge from the rain and a car accident in a strange castle in the middle of the night in backwoods hungary and bela lugosi a an unsettling traveling companion and karloff a the weird host ( sport a hairstyle half way between a pompadour and a flat top and that would not be see again until the german the third sex in 1957 ) and partial to black cat the only link to the edgar allen poe story and embalm his mistress in lifelike pose inside glass cage and like bluebeard and stalwart man servant with their own capillary peculiarity that appear to remain on duty at all time ( and to sleep stand up in corridor ) and ultra modern architecture that eerily foreshadow the sterility of 1950s home and garden interior and secret chamber and house foundation rest on a dynamite cache and slide door and an early intercom system and spiral staircase and the already mention organ and expressionistic lighting and breast pawing and suggest incest and murder and torture and etc . there just no end to the wonder of this film . the vice on display run the entire alphabetic gamut from adultery to zoocide and by way of satanism and although if i be satan and i would ask to have my name remove from the credit and if only to preserve my highbrow image . and it all fit neatly in 65 little compact minute . in the last analysis and it fascinate to watch universal horror star turn on each other with such unbridled ferocity and play along with this campy joke while keep a straight face at all time . this film be now available on dvd a part of a bela lugosi boxset that mostly star boris karloff his way of get even and i guess . another film in the collection and the raven and also star lugosi and karloff duking it out and and be just a un poe etic a the black cat and despite it title . it also manage to use the romeo and juliet overture to disastrous effect .