A down-on-his luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.
| Tagline | Lookout! Terror pays a visit to "Horror Island" and a hunt for buried treasure ...becomes the wierdest adventure...you ever shivered through! the phantom strikes and another victim! |
| Release Date: | Mar 28, 1941 |
| Genres: | Mystery, Comedy, Horror |
| Production Company: | Universal Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Casts: | Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Peggy Moran, Fuzzy Knight, John Eldredge, Lewis Howard, Hobart Cavanaugh, Walter Catlett, Ralf Harolde, Iris Adrian, Foy Van Dolsen |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $93000 |
| Revenue: | 0 |
Dick Foran is "Bill" who sees an opportunity to start selling treasure-hunting tours to a nearby island he has recently inherited, where there are rumours of a great hoard buried by the famed pirate Sir Henry Morgan. He and pal Fizzy Knight ("Stuff Oliver") recruit a few gullibles and off they set. When they arrive, they get a lot more than they bargained for as things really do start to go bump in the night; folks start turning up dead and a mysterious. malevolent voice haunts their old mansion house repeatedly telling them to leave. The script is fun and well paced, though the humour is a touch too slapstick for me at times, and the photography and lighting help create just a little bit of suspense in what is essentially an episode of "Scooby Do" with shadows. Until the end it's as much of a whydunit as a whodunit, and though the plot doesn't really matter - it sustains the hour well enough.
