The Black Dragons

Starring:Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, George Pembroke, Clayton Moore, Robert Frazer, Edward Peil Sr., Robert Fiske, Irving Mitchell, Kenneth Harlan, Max Hoffman Jr., Frank Melton, Joseph Eggenton, I. Stanford Jolley, Bernard Gorcey, Jack Cheatham
Director: William Nigh
Studio: Vidtape
Product Type: DVD

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Don't buy this film on its own.
Lugosi Rises Above Another Abysmal Movie
For Lugosi fans only... and only if it's on TV
Colorized Black Dragons.

Black Dragons
Starring: Bela Lugosi , Joan Barclay , George Pembroke , Clayton Moore , and Robert Frazer
Director: William Nigh
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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ASIN: B000087F1W
Release Date: 2003-01-21

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Don't buy this film on its own........2006-07-03

This is one of Lugosi's poverty row movies, from the period when his career really started to go downhill (although he did make Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man later than this one). There's a series of murders and people go around trying to figure out what's going on, and it all ends up in a second world war era anti-Japanese anticlimax ending. It's quite boring, definately one of Lugosi's worst movies (although not as painful or embarrassing as "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla".

Of course, Bela Lugosi fans know that no matter how bad a movie was, Lugosi's acting was always sincere. He always did a good job, and you will want to see this no matter how bad I (a fellow fan) say it is. But do yourself the favour and get it in a multi DVD set, for example the Horror Classics 50 movie pack, instead of wasting several dollars on it alone.

Lugosi Rises Above Another Abysmal Movie.......2003-02-15

"Black Dragons" is a film that, as most Bela Lugosi fans know, was made for Sam Katzman and his Banner Productions, and then released by Monogram Pictures. So forget about plot; plot in a Katzman flick is only incidental to the shoddy sets, direction, and acting. The truth be told, this is one of those pictures that, if it didn't have a Lugosi, would not have been made.

OK, here's the plot . . . and don't ask me to repeat it: Seems a group of prominent American businessmen are being slain. We also know that it is Lusosi doing the slaying, because it's revealed very early on in the film as to what he's up to. Now, here's the twist. The American businessmen are really Japanese, having been trtansformed by none other than Dr. Lugosi, in this picture a Nazi Evil Scientist (Boo!) and sent here as a fifth column.

It immediately strikes our sense of logic that it would be far easier just to send over a geoup of Germans or Italians than go to all the trouble of changing a person's race. But this is a Katzman flick, so logic is the first thing a viewer leaves behind when entering. Of course Lugosi is caught (by a pre-Lone Ranger Clayton Moore), thus getting his at the end. It is amazing to me that no matter how ridiculous the plot, Lugosi remains solidly professional rather than go down the chute with the movie. One reason why I become angry when someone tries to tell me that he was a bad actor.

If this picture were set in today's age, Lugosi would do quite well as a dream-come true to Michael Jackson and Joan Rivers, among others.

The quality of the film is dark and murky - apparently no effort was made to clean things up, but you can't go wrong for the price, especially if you are a fan of the genre or Lugosi. Perhaps the film will resurface in Bela Junior's restored series of his father's films. I certainly hope so.

For Lugosi fans only... and only if it's on TV.......2001-09-06

Do not waste your money on this movie. I like Bela Lugosi, but so far, I have only seen about twelve of his movies. However, this is probably the worst of those. Lugosi is good, as usual. Some of the other actors are decent and some are not so good. The weakest part of the movie is the story. It's not interesting or thrilling (it's supposed to be a horror-thriller). It's just boring.

Don't waste your money on this. If you're a Lugosi fan, watch it if it's ever on TV. "Invisible Ghost" and "Devil Bat" are better

Colorized Black Dragons........2001-05-06

No movie with Bela Lugosi in it can be a total bore, but this one comes too close. It deals with a Nazi doctor performing surgery on Japanese spies to make them pass as Americans. This is done to ease their schemes at sabotaging our war effort. It is a cheap movie, a slow movie, but would not even suffer too much for these flaws if it did not also rely on a long and awkward flashback sequence near the end, snuffing out what suspense had been built. The quality of the tape is not bad, but either you like colorized movies or you don't. This reviewer does not. Die-hard Lugosi fans (are there any other kind?) may want to purchase Black Dragons, but others will find it too ... ehh.

The Black & Blue Collection (3 films} Bluebeard, Black Dragons, & The Black Raven

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The Black & Blue Collection (3 films} Bluebeard, Black Dragons, & The Black Raven
Starring: John Carradine , Jean Parker , Nils Asther , Ludwig Stössel , and George Pembroke
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer , William Nigh , and Sam Newfield
Manufacturer: ROAN
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ASIN: B0002T7YXA
Release Date: 2004-08-31

Double Feature "The Ape Man" & "The Black Dragons"

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Double Feature "The Ape Man" & "The Black Dragons"
Starring: Bela Lugosi
Director: William Beaudine; William Nigh
Manufacturer: Passion Productions
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Release Date: 2002-03-16

Great Horror Classics, Vol. 12 (Monstrosity, Black Dragons, Night of the Blood Beast, The Devil's Partner)

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Starring: Bela Lugosi
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ASIN: B0002IQIII
Release Date: 2004-06-15

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The Black Dragons

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A group of American columnist intent on sabotaging the war effort are methodically murdered by Monsier Colomb..

Horror Classics Volume 2: Black Dragons, Invisible Ghost, One Body Too Many, White Zombies

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Starring: Horror Classics , and Bela Lugosi
Manufacturer: Mill Creek Entertainment
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ASIN: B0009W306A
Release Date: 2004-01-01

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Don't buy this film on its own.
Lugosi Rises Above Another Abysmal Movie
For Lugosi fans only... and only if it's on TV
Colorized Black Dragons.

The Black Dragons
Starring: Bela Lugosi , Joan Barclay , George Pembroke , Clayton Moore , and Robert Frazer
Director: William Nigh
Manufacturer: Miracle Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
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