early talkie feature base on a popular stage play . a murder have be commit and a bunch of people hire a medium to conduct a séance to see who the murderer be . while the light be out there another murder . so it someone in that room . what follow be an obvious and dull and creaky murder mystery . most of the cast overact to a ridiculous degree . they act like theyre on stage ( where you have to overdo thing ) and it look silly on screen . most embarrassing be bela lugosi ( two year before dracula ) who really overdo it a a police inspector . static direction by tod browning ( who be always overrate ) doesn not help . for brown and lugosi completists only . i give it a 3 .