Acting
Dorothy Burgess goes full unhinged island madwoman.
Production
Universal's recycled jungle sets looking surprisingly lush.
Direction
Neill crams more plot into 68 min than modern horror manages in two hours.
Director
Roy William Neill
Jack Holt
Stephen Lane
Fay Wray
Gail Hamilton
Dorothy Burgess
Juanita Perez Lane
Cora Sue Collins
Nancy Lane
Arnold Korff
Dr. Raymond Perez
Clarence Muse
'Lunch' McClaren
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Ruva
Laurence Criner
Kala, the priest
Lumsden Hare
John Macklin
Henry Kolker
The Psychiatrist
Theresa Harris
Sacrificed Girl (uncredited)
Ruby Dandridge
William R. Dunn
Billy McClain
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 12 days on leftover sets from The Black Cat and Murders in the Rue Morgue. Universal loved their jungle soundstage.
One of the last pre-Code horror films before the Production Code crackdown; its racial imagery got it quietly shelved for decades.
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