The Bela Lugosi Collection

Short and googly-eyed, cackling and sniveling, Bela Lugosi played the perfect piteous wretch in some of the greatest horror films ever made. He became a distinctively dank and unseemly type, one with no modern equivalent, not even Tom Cruise. Although he is best remembered for acting as sidekick to more commanding actors like Boris Karloff and Gene Wilder, early in his career Lugosi played dashing leading men with good posture, including Dracula. This set collects five films from the thirties and forties that showcase the work of this early and elegant Lugosi: Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Black Cat, The Raven, The Invisible Ray, and Black Friday. Boasting quality writing and noirish cinematography, these Universal films are hallmarks of the horror genre.