A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.
Production
Every shadow is guilty until proven innocent.
Costume
That hooded silhouette invented the slasher aesthetic.
Director
George A. Cooper
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood squeezed maximum murder into minimum runtime before censorship cracked down in 1934.
The Shadow's silhouette directly inspired the radio character that became a pulp icon—this film got there first.
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