Karloff never looked worse with those sunken eyes and facial putty. It's interesting that he gets top billing, considering how ineffectual he is and how little time he spends on the screen. The film does look good with the old mansion and the dark corners, but it eventually turns into one of those farcical in the door, out the door, in a window, out a window movies, with silly characters bumping into each other, terrified. The beginning is quite good as we learn of a mysterious stone of great value. It is thought to be able to bring back the dead. Then there is all that fainting. Were all the women hypoglycemic? I counted five times. I did enjoy looking at Ernest Thesiger from Bride of Frankenstein. The rest of the cast were good actors caught in a comedic clunker. By the way, is it ever explained how Karloff died and came back with superhuman qualities? If it weren't for all the great actors, it wouldn't have been much.
