Night Monster

Night Monster
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFord Beebe
Written byClarence Upson Young
Produced byFord Beebe
StarringBela Lugosi
Lionel Atwill
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Edited byJack Otterson
Music byHans J. Salter
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 20, 1942 (1942-10-20) (U.S.)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Night Monster is a 1942 American black-and-white horror film featuring Bela Lugosi and produced and distributed by Universal Pictures Company. The movie uses an original story and screenplay by Clarence Upson Young and was produced and directed by Ford Beebe. For box office value, star billing was given to Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill, but the lead roles were played by Ralph Morgan, Irene Hervey and Don Porter, with Atwill in a character role as a pompous doctor who becomes a victim to the title character, and Lugosi in a small part as a butler.

The film is in many respects a remake of Doctor X, with virtually the same denouement. Both films also feature Atwill as a doctor.