Monogram Classic Horrors..

[Memphremagog]

This was the studio that kept Bela Lugosi working in the public eye when Universal gave him the shaft during the 1940's..and as such, he turned out quite a few films for them..
For a third-rate studio, they managed to get some famous names working in their films during their run: Ava Gardner, Boris Karloff, Mantan Moreland, John Carradine, George Zucco, the Bowery Boys, Glenn Strange & Wallace Ford, to name a few.

[The Creeper]

I voted for King of the Zombies.  I recently watched this for the first time from a dvd set I got and thought it was pretty funny.  The black man in the movie was funny, but I don't remember his name.

[Memphremagog]

I voted for King of the Zombies.  I recently watched this for the first time from a dvd set I got and thought it was pretty funny.  The black man in the movie was funny, but I don't remember his name.

That would be Mantan Moreland. He showed up in everything from Universal horror films, Charlie Chan, Abbott & Costello to low-budget stuff like this and Revenge Of the Zombies. He was also in Spider Baby(1964) with Lon Chaney,Jr. and was considered by Moe Howard as a possible replacement for Shemp in the Three Stooges after Shemp's untimely death in 1955, however, the studios wanted Joe Besser.

[CreepysFan]

  I went with The Ape Man, but I like Spooks Run Wild equally as much.

[Mike Scott]

Another potentially great box set, unlike those Mill Creek sets that are always all over the map from the '30s to the '70s with a bunch of Hercules movies thrown in for (no) good measure.

[Paul L]

I went w/Spooks Run Wild, but I love Return of the Ape Man w/Lugosi, one of my favorite so-bad-it's-good movies.
I'm a sucker too for the Bowery Boys/East Side Kids. I'm eagerly hoping that The Bowery Boys Meet The Monsters will enjoy a DVD release someday soon.

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

spooks run wild, nothing better than Bela and the Dead End Kids.

[The Creeper]

That would be Mantan Moreland. He showed up in everything from Universal horror films, Charlie Chan, Abbott & Costello to low-budget stuff like this and Revenge Of the Zombies. He was also in Spider Baby(1964) with Lon Chaney,Jr. and was considered by Moe Howard as a possible replacement for Shemp in the Three Stooges after Shemp's untimely death in 1955, however, the studios wanted Joe Besser.

That's right!  Thanks for the info.  Don't know if I have seen Revenge of the Zombies but I am gonna find it.  And now that you mentioned it that is him in Spider Baby!  Think I will watch that now!

[Street Worm]

Went with Black Dragons (1942)  but I could have just as easily picked
The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

& yeah, Mantan Moreland is great in King Of the Zombies~ 

[Creature Features]

Invisible Ghost for me. Love that film!

The Black Dragons also appeared with The East Side Kids or Bowery Boys in another movie, iirc....

[Sean]

Spooks Run Wild