WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

capone666 Murders in the Rue Morgue If apes want to murder humans then they will need to send some monkeys to law school first. Nevertheless, the primate in this horror picture plans to tackle our justice system unaided. When his fiancée Camille (Sidney Fox) is kidnapped and Camille's mother (Betty Ross Clarke) is found dead clutching a clump of mysterious fur, detective Dupin (Leon Ames) takes the sampling to the morgue for analysis. Their findings eventually lead Dupin to a Parisian sideshow where he discovers that a deranged scientist (Bela Lugosi) has been conducting experiments that would see him make a hybrid mate for his talking ape, Erik. Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story about an escaped orangutan, this gorilla suit adaptation from 1932 actually improves on Poe's escaped ape concept by adding Lugosi's mad scientist character to the mix. Incidentally, it's cost effective to send convicted killer apes to zoos instead of prisons. Yellow Light

Rainey Dawn The movie is loosely based on Poe's short story Murders in the Rue Morgue. It is great to watch if you enjoy the classics.Bela Lugosi is wonderful as the twisted Dr. Mirakle. I love the costuming and overall creepy look they gave to the vile character. He had a good idea to prove evolution (the ape-human link) but the way that Dr. Mirakle goes about proving this theory is pure evil, for what he does to young women is overly cruel. He abducts the women and injects them with the blood of an ape.I would say this movie would be a great double feature with movie classics like "The Invisible Ray", "The Black Cat" or even "The Raven".7.5/10

AaronCapenBanner Robert Florey directed this loose adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe short story. Here, Bela Lugosi plays maniacal Dr. Mirakle in 19th century Paris, who is conducting sinister experiments with abducted local women, injecting them with ape blood in order to prove his theory of human-ape kinship. He has so far met with failure, though medical student Pierre Dupin(played by Leon Ames) is determined to solve the mysterious murders, since his girlfriend is the latest abductee... Silly film has some harrowing moments but no credibility, even though Lugosi gives it a good effort. The original short story deserves a better treatment than this...

Prichards12345 The third entry in Universal's horror cannon is one of their weakest efforts from the golden age. After the gigantic success of Dracula and Frankenstein the studio produced the first of their Poe adaptations. Budget was a major concern, and the use of a public domain author initially saved money. Unfortunately a whole batch of writers (including a young John Huston) worked on the script, and the patchy and messy result turned contemporary audiences off. Director Robert Florey, having been bumped from Frankenstein, was able to get the budget increased to around $190,000. But it was hardly worth the effort.Bela Lugosi, whom the studio considered as the new Lon Chaney for a brief period, plays Dr. Mirakle, early proponent of Darwinism. Operating from a carnival in mid-nineteenth century Paris, he tries to prove man's kinship with the ape by injecting the blood of a gorilla into the street walkers he picks up. The film was to have opened with Lugosi rescuing a prostitute from a knife fight, and then conducting his experiment at his hideout with his victim tied to a gigantic crossbeam and screaming the place down, before dying. However Universal moved this scene to just after the opening we now have, and instead we get a staid lecture from Mirakle on his theory to carnival gawkers. However the theory of evolution was still controversial in 1932 - it had only been a decade since the infamous Scopes monkey trial, and one wishes the movie would have concentrated a little more on this element.Poe's detective Auguste Dupin here becomes a medical student, with his shrill beau Camille(Sidney Fox) and very sissy room-mate Paul (Bert Roach) they are about as far from Poe as you can get. Roach in particular attempts a brand of comedy that has dated badly - even audiences of the time probably cringed. And much of the film is taken up with Mirakle's attempt to lure Camille into his clutches - he's convinced her blood will be perfect. Leon Ames is probably the worst Dupin ever to appear on film, from foolish love talk to histrionic bad acting in 60 minutes. What Mirakle sees in Camille is anybody's guess; she's a very unappealing heroine and we don't care at all as to her eventual fate. Fox is as bad as Aimes.Only Lugosi stands out in this film, and even so this isn't one of his best performances. He tries but fails to inject some mystery into the proceedings; director Florey doesn't help with his pointlessly expressionistic approach. He was aiming for Caligari but the shots of the ape yawning, and mismatched with Charles Gemora in an ape suit, draw some unintentional laughs.So apart from the strong streetwalker scene and some atmospheric touches, you really have to wait for the final fifteen minutes for some excitement. At an hour in length, at least you don't have to wait too long. Universal's next Poe outing,The Black Cat, would be far superior.