scar to death be probably best remember and if indeed it remember at all and a bela lugosi only color film . unfortunately and it be also one of his bad . i have a hard time try to figure out just what be go on . be it a mystery or a comedy or an attempt at something in between . director christy cabanne do not seem to know either . it be ultra low budget and surprisingly film in color and odd for low budget poverty row quicky . the plot have the murder laura van ee ( molly lamont ) recall the event lead up to her death through a series of flashback . the story take place in the creepy old mansion of dr. josef van ee ( george zucco ) complete with the standard sliding panel and secret passage . laura be marries to van ee son ward ( roland varno ) and she believe that they be plot to kill her . slow witted dectective bull raymond ( nat pendleton ) and the love of his life and maid lilly beth ( gladys blake ) work for the van ees . arrive on the scene and for no particular reason be a hypnotist professor leonido ( lugosi ) and his dwarf assistant indigo ( angelo rossito ) . later and fast talk reporter and terry lee ( douglas fowley ) and his ditsy girlfriend jane cornell ( joyce compton ) arrive after intercept an attempted call to police from the house . and not to forget the mysterious green mask figure ( lee bennet ) lurk about the premise . the rest of the film have the principal run around the house accuse each other of one thing or another until we learn the secret of laura past and then . have the director be able to decide whether this film would be play a a straight mystery or a comedy and it have the possibility of be an entertaining little film . they manage to line up a pretty good cast of veteran but cabanne be unable to bring out their talent . poor old bela and complete with his dracula cape and pull down fedora be way below par . i think he suppose to be parody himself but it come off horribly . i have to feel for george zucco a talented actor who get stick in this mess . nat pendleton have see well day but be probably the best thing about this film . fowley do what he can with the fast talk reporter role . angelo rossito have be around since the silents and play menace dwarf but only get to run around in circle within the house in this one . stanley andrew and stanley ridge appear briefly a medical examiner . could have be well . much good . a real stinker .