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Synopsis: Nancy and Jimmy, a young couple working as medical assistants, witness a group of men murdering Judge Roger Shaw. When another man, recently released convict and musician John Ellman, is falsely accused of the murder, Nancy convinces Jimmy it is too dangerous for them to come forward and by the time she changes her mind, Ellman has already been convicted and executed. Seeking to right the wrong, their employer, Dr. Beaumont, brings Ellman back to life with a mechanical heart he has been developing. Ellman is alive but in an almost zombie-like state with no memory of what happened. However, a supernatural instinct lets him know who framed him and he begins to seek revenge. Who's in it? The movie stars Boris Karloff , Edmund Gwenn ,  Marguerite Churchill , Warren Hull and Ricardo Cortez . Review: As a general rule, I've found you can rarely go wrong with a Boris Karloff movie so, when I went in search of a film to watch this morning and saw The Walking Dead was ava...

Synopsis: A contessa, turned into a vampire by the infamous Count Dracula decades before, comes to London after hearing her "father" was finally killed and steals his body. She believes his death means she is finally free of her curse but quickly learns that is not the case and, instead, turns to a prominent psychiatrist for help. Who's in it?  The movie stars Otto Kruger , Gloria Holden , Edward Van Sloan , Marguerite Churchill and Nan Grey . You can read my review here:  Movie Review: Dracula's Daughter (1936) (wizzley.com)