Review of The House of Mystery

Fair, for its time, early 30's creaky murder mystery. While in India an extremely obnoxious archaeologist disrespects the local people and customs, insults and offends resident Europeans, and to cap off his stay, with the help of a belly dancer steals a temple treasure and kills the guardian gorilla. A gorilla in India? The Hindu priest lays a whammy on the thief which follows him for twenty years. Has the requisite spooky house with hidden passageways, potential heirs (and murder fodder), and bumbling detectives. The film is only about 62 minutes long and has no background music to liven things up. The Alpha Video DVD is not bad quality but needs re-mastering. Being an obscure B-grade film, will probably not get it anytime soon. Recommended for fans of the genre.