A rather strange film, and not very good though notable for being the only colour film Bela Lugosi starred in. We start in the morgue with a young woman on the slab, the coroner trying to work out how she was killed. The film then goes into flashback and we find out the young woman is Laura (Molly Lamont), estranged from her husband but still living with her father-in-law Dr Van Ee (George Zucco) though seemingly in conflict with everyone.
Laura is becoming increasingly paranoid that her husband Ward (Roland Varno) is out to get her and is being slowly driven mad. She is also dead set against being blindfolded. Strange things continue to occur, including the arrival of a hypnotist (Lugosi) and his Dwarf (Angelo Rossito), Laura receives a dummy head in a box, and what is this green masked face which begins to appear in the windows?
With awkward dialogue, frequently fluffed, the film is that well made, the story is also rather cheesy and cliche with some dubious humour and characters who don't really do anything (including the Dwarf!) However, it is great fun if you like bad films. Lugosi treats the nonsense as it should be, in his own well-worn style. Though his presence in the film is a bit of a red herring.
The film is worth persevering with, as the final twists are excellent. The film finally gets into high gear in the final few minutes after spending the preceding hour at a slow trot.
