May 10, 2026

This Day in Halloween: Low-budget supernatural noir B-movie "The Phantom Speaks" opens across the U.S. in 1945. / Illustration by Uttara Ranjit

The Phantom Speaks opens across the U.S. in 1945. The supernatural noir B-movie from Republic Pictures stars Richard Arlen in a story about a man possessed by the ghost of a killer. 

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