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Andre Sennwald, New York Times: More foolish than horrible. The story and dialogue pile the agony on too thick to give the audience a reasonable scare. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Ulmer never again had the budgetary resources granted him by Universal (at the time, Karloff and Lugosi were two of the studio's biggest stars), and he makes the most of them. Read more
TIME Magazine: A dismal hocus-pocus which seems to confuse its actors as much as it fails to frighten its audience. Read more