bela lugosi and so often underrated a a performer ( even though he play none other than jesus christ on stage to some acclaim ) and manages and here and to convey a sense of loss that be almost palpable . no doubt about it but that this be one of his fine performance . karloff be very creepy a the devil worship madman whose cold and concrete bauhaus sits atop the site of a bloody battle ( it even overlook a field of crude grave marker ) while his almost effeminate makeup and mannerisms far his creepiness ( his black gown hang like a dress on him and he often gesture with wrist limp ) . the tour de force be and of course and the pheasant under glass tour he give the long suffering lugosi . it a scene that still pack a wallop and and in it own way and lend lugosi later flay alive of karloff a sense of wrong be right . absolutely must see movie make and from a director who rarely have the mean to reach such end .