Horror Island (1941)
1h 0m | PG-13
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.
Director: George Waggner
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Mystery, Comedy, Horror
Video: 720p
Cast
Dick Foran
as Bill Martin
Leo Carrillo
as Tobias Clump
Peggy Moran
as Wendy Creighton
Fuzzy Knight
as Stuff Oliver
John Eldredge
as Cousin George
Lewis Howard
as Thurman Coldwater
Reviews
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.