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The Crime of Dr Crespi based on Edgar Allan Poe.
The film is 1935 and stars director Erich Von Stroheim as Dr. Crespi.
He develops a serum that puts his enemies into a catatonic state whereby they are still alive but seem dead. He then buries them alive.
The interest for me is the fact that actor Dwight Frye ( who had cornered the market on hunchbacks and other weird characters in the Frankenstein and Dracula films) plays Dr. Thomas. He is third billed in the cast and this is the biggest role he had in any film.
Still in the era of talkies where at time parts can seem somewhat hammy.
More of a mystery/thriller than a horror but the premises of putting someone into a catatonic state and burying them alive does qualify it for the horror genre.
The IMDB rates it 5.3 out of 10.
Very old film but still interesting. Especially seeing Dwight Frye in a more normal type role.
Try it!
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Last edited by Martha; 09-14-2015 at 09:21 PM.
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