An evil spirit leaves the body of his human host, a criminal on death-row, and sneaks into the body of his next human host, a French magistrate.An evil spirit leaves the body of his human host, a criminal on death-row, and sneaks into the body of his next human host, a French magistrate.An evil spirit leaves the body of his human host, a criminal on death-row, and sneaks into the body of his next human host, a French magistrate.
- The Horla
- (voice)
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- TriviaFinal theatrical film of Lewis Martin.
- GoofsAt the start of the movie the date in Magistrate Simon Cordier's diary states 1886 as the year. 18-19 minutes into the movie, when he returns the picture of his dead wife and son back to the trunk upstairs, the camera pans to the right after it's open and there is a Teddy Bear. Teddy Bears weren't around until shortly after the November 16, 1902 newspaper cartoon of "Teddy" Roosevelt's based on his bear hunting trip in Mississippi earlier in the month. ("Teddy" refused to kill a baby bear after its mother was killed). Steiff bears started at the Leipzig Toy Fair in March 1903.
- Quotes
[first title card]
Title Card: "... the vulture has eaten the pigeon; the wolf has eaten the lamb; the lion has devoured the sharp-tongued buffalo; man has killed the lion with an arrow, with spear, with gun-powder; but the *"Horla"* will make of man what man has made of the horse and of the ox; His chattel, His slave, and His food, but the mere power of His will. Woe to us!"... Guy de Maupassant
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are revealed by a knife cutting through red fabric.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Creature Features: Diary of A Madman (1970)
Price is terrific in this movie, going from affable man, to homicidal madman with ease. For its time, it's fairly gory, including a stabbing and -implied- decapitation. Nancy Novack co-stars as the conniving Odette. The voice of the Horla is provided with wicked glee by Joseph Ruskin. This movie belongs on every Vincent Price fan's watchlist...
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- Budget
- $350,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1