An American couple on their honeymoon finds themselves caught between the Satanist architect Poelzig (Karloff) and the vengeful Dr. Werdegast (Lugosi), enemies from World War I. Despite the title, the film has little connection to Poe’s story; instead, it features Bauhaus architecture and allusions to necrophilia and Satanism. Unusually daring for 1934 and heavily censored. This was the first collaboration between Karloff and Lugosi, who were marketed as the “horror duo” from this point on.

The first film featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit introduces the new Universal cartoon star as a streetcar driver who must navigate all sorts of obstacles and mishaps with his overcrowded streetcar. With fast-paced slapstick, wild chases, and a constant stream of visual gags, the short film showcases the energetic style of early Disney animation. Oswald thus became one of the studio’s first major cartoon stars.