{"id":35657,"date":"2024-04-23T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35657"},"modified":"2024-04-20T20:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T00:37:18","slug":"the-monster-walks-1932-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35657","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Monster Walks&#8221; (1932) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z042324zview_monsterwalks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"940\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Monster Walks <\/strong><\/em>(1932)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>Frank R. Strayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Robert Ellis<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Mischa Auer, Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds <\/strong>and <strong>Willie Best<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ruth Earlton (Reynolds) is called back to her childhood home.\u00a0 Her father has died and the will is going to read.\u00a0 Ruth and her fianc\u00e9, Ted (Lease) arrive on a dark, stormy night.\u00a0 Ted is introduced to Ruth&#8217;s wheelchair-bound Uncle, Mrs. Krug, the strange housekeeper, and her even stranger adult son Hanns.\u00a0 Oh, and let&#8217;s not forget the large ape caged in the basement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everyone learns that the estate has been left to Ruth&#8230; as long as she is alive.\u00a0 If she dies it goes to her uncle. Will Ruth make it through the night?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although posters for <em>The Monster Walks<\/em> features a huge ape, the movie uses a chimpanzee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Monster Walks<\/em> has the right ingredients (creepy house with secret passageways, dark and stormy night, strange characters, a will leaving the money to one family member as long as they live, an ape) but the end result isn&#8217;t as good as could be expected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><em><strong>The Monster Walks <\/strong><\/em>(1932) rates 2 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z042324zview_monsterwalks2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Monster Walks (1932) Director: Frank R. 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