Edgar Wallace Presents: The Terror (1938) (DVD)

Adapting a play by Edgar Wallace, one of the twentieth century's most successful and prolific crime/mystery writers, The Terror stars Wilfrid Lawson and Bernard Lee in a tale of underworld intrigue with a ghostly twist, with the superb casting and lively dialogue showcasing Wallace's trademark wry humour. Featured here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements The Terror is showcased in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Connor and 'Soapy' Marks, have plotted revenge on the mastermind whose double-crossing sent them to Dartmoor without their share of the bullion stolen in a daring raid. Connor is the first to arrive at Monk's Hall Priory, a guest house reputedly haunted by the ghost of a hooded monk. There is indeed a distinctly uncanny presence about the old place
but none of the guests suspect that The Terror is in their midst...