This Day in Halloween: Edgar Allan Poe adaptation "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" opens across the U.S. in 1932. / Illustration by Morgan Bryson
The Murders in the Rue Morgue opens across the U.S. in 1932. Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s story, the film stars Bela Lugosi as a murderous mad scientist and is a flop on it opening but grows in stature for its cinematography and dream-like quality.
