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CHANDU THE MAGICIAN + THE MASK OF FU MANCHU
1932
Yellow peril racism, exoticism, and orientalism.
Director
William Cameron Menzies
Marcel Varnel
Charles Brabin
Starring
Edmund Lowe
Bela Lugosi
Boris Karloff
Myrna Loy
Yellow peril racism, exoticism, and orientalism.
Runtime
71 minutes + 68 minutes
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Magic, malevolence and mystery highlight CHANDU THE MAGICIAN starring horror legend Bela Lugosi as the evil lunatic Roxor set on destroying mankind with a gigantic death-dealing device. Mankind's only hope is Frank Chandler, a.k.a. Chandu The Magician (Edmund Lowe), who calls upon mystical abilities to fight the megalomaniacal fiend. A rare co-directorial effort from the god of all production designers, William Cameron Menzies shows that a strong imagination can yank the screen away from weak directors, and exceed the limits of reality in the most unforgettably dreamlike ways.
Boris Karloff takes one his most celebrated cinematics turn as the diabolical fiend Dr. Fu Manchu, and Myrna Loy plays his exotic daughter in the delirious yellow peril fever dream known as THE MASK OF FU MANCHU. The evil genius Fu Manchu patiently awaits the discovery of Genghis Khan's tomb, certain that possession of Khan's relics will enable him to rule the East and lead it to victory over the hated Western world. When British scientists in the Gobi Desert discover the tomb, Fu captures and tortures them in his elaborate Torture Garden, hoping they will take him to the treasure he craves. Warning! This film is undeniably racist, featuring Karloff in unthinkably distasteful yellowface makeup. But it remains watchably compelling in the 21st century as we identify not with the protagonists but with Fu Manchu and his hatred of the colonial White race as he brings anti-imperial horror upon his enemies in the most gruesome, deliciously pre-code ways imaginable.
Magic, malevolence and mystery highlight CHANDU THE MAGICIAN starring horror legend Bela Lugosi as the evil lunatic Roxor set on destroying mankind with a gigantic death-dealing device. Mankind's only hope is Frank Chandler, a.k.a. Chandu The Magician (Edmund Lowe), who calls upon mystical abilities to fight the megalomaniacal fiend. A rare co-directorial effort from the god of all production designers, William Cameron Menzies shows that a strong imagination can yank the screen away from weak directors, and exceed the limits of reality in the most unforgettably dreamlike ways.
Boris Karloff takes one his most celebrated cinematics turn as the diabolical fiend Dr. Fu Manchu, and Myrna Loy plays his exotic daughter in the delirious yellow peril fever dream known as THE MASK OF FU MANCHU. The evil genius Fu Manchu patiently awaits the discovery of Genghis Khan's tomb, certain that possession of Khan's relics will enable him to rule the East and lead it to victory over the hated Western world. When British scientists in the Gobi Desert discover the tomb, Fu captures and tortures them in his elaborate Torture Garden, hoping they will take him to the treasure he craves. Warning! This film is undeniably racist, featuring Karloff in unthinkably distasteful yellowface makeup. But it remains watchably compelling in the 21st century as we identify not with the protagonists but with Fu Manchu and his hatred of the colonial White race as he brings anti-imperial horror upon his enemies in the most gruesome, deliciously pre-code ways imaginable.