An eclectic group of people are stalked by a masked killer in an old mansion.
Practical Effects
The Thing's mask: cheap, creepy, accidentally iconic.
Production
Mansion sets wobble charmingly between gothic and community theater.
Director
Alan James
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Hollywood's awkward 1931 transition: actors still used to pantomime suddenly had to talk, hence the bizarre physicality.
Sheldon Lewis (The Thing) played the same masked killer in 1929's silent version—rare case of an actor reprising a role across the sound barrier.
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