Based on the Edgar Wallace novel this is a confusing but endurable mystery story with some good scenes which pretty much ties up all the loose ends by the conclusion. Who had the keys and why baffled me for most of the running time though. The film is dominated by Leslie Banks as Dr. Mannetta (he collects instruments of torture!) and is best when he is onscreen. Lili Palmer is charming as the plucky heroine June Lansdowne and good support is given by Richard Bird as the seemingly dozy Scotland Yard man, Cathleen Nesbitt first seen as the scary nurse Ann Cody and David Horne as the avuncular solicitor Edward Havelock. Robert Montgomery as the untalking butler Craig is quite creepy. The little monkey is cute but is shamefully not given an acting credit but strangely Edgar Wallace is given a producer credit though he died eight years earlier. Now that is a mystery.
Review of Chamber of Horrors
