Chandu the Magician (1932)

Megalomaniac and would-be world dominator Roxor has kidnapped Robert Regent, along with his death ray invention, in hopes of using it to degenerate humanity into mindless brutes, leaving himself as Earth’s supreme intelligence. Faced with revealing the machine’s secrets or allowing his family to die a horrible death at the hands of Roxor, Regent’s only hope lies with the intervention of his brother-in-law, the be-turbaned yogi and magician Chandu, who has the power to make men see what is not there.

 BONUS FEATURES: * Commentary by Author Gregory William Mank * Masters of Magic: The World of Chandu featurette * Restoration Comparison

Bela Lugosi, Edmund Lowe

1932, 71 minutes, B&W