Spooks Run Wild (1941) / Z-View
Spooks Run Wild (1941)
Director: Phil Rosen
Screenplay: Carl Foreman & Charles R. Marion … Jack Henley (additional dialogue)
Stars: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall and Angelo Rossitto.
The Pitch: “Hey, let’s put the East Side Kids in a creepy deserted mansion with a killer on the loose.”
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The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
The East Side Kids (who would later grow into The Bowery Boys) find themselves sent to a rural summer camp. When the boys sneak out one night looking for some fun they find themselves in a creepy old house where the sinister looking Nardo (Lugosi) and his diminutive servant Luigi [Rossitto] live. They will soon learn that a killer is on the loose and closer than they can imagine.
I expected more from a horror comedy with Bela Lugosi, a spooky old house and the East Side Kids. Perhaps because I’ve seen the same gags done better with The Three Stooges and Abbott & Costello, my sights were set too high.
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