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‘Horror to make you gasp!’
The Undying Monster is a 1942 mystery horror film about an aristocratic English family threatened by a legendary monster when they venture out on chilly, foggy nights.
The movie was directed by John Brahm (The Mad Magician; The Lodger; Hangover Square) and is based on a 1936 novel by Jessie Douglas Kerruish. It was also released as The Hammond Mystery.
Plot:
The Hammond family has been cursed since the Crusades, with family members dying or committing suicide under mysterious circumstances. When two people, including Oliver Hammond (John Howard) are attacked by an unknown creature, Robert Curtis (James Ellison) and his sidekick Christy (Heather Thatcher) are dispatched to investigate. Although the local townspeople are convinced that the attacks are the result of a curse upon the Hammond family, Curtis believes that he will be able to find a more scientific explanation for the attacks.
Curtis’ investigation at the Hammond household reveals a number of unusual circumstances, including slamming doors and clanking chains, a recently-entered secret room that had supposedly been locked for years, and a statue of a strange dog-like creature in the Hammond family crypt. During his investigation, one of the initial victims of the attack dies (after being in a coma) and the case is sent to an English jury for judgement. Upon hearing testimony from members of the Hammond family and their associates, the jury rules that the victim died at the hand of an unknown person or creature of unknown species…
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