Horrors of the Black Museum occupies a distinctive place in the history of horror cinema, serving as a precursor to the slasher genre while infusing creativity into its portrayal of violence.

This is a bit grislier than expected, and this hard edge allows the picture to occasionally overcome its pedestrian plot points.

For all its contemporary setting, the plot of this lurid melodrama relies almost entirely on hackneyed Gothic paraphernalia.

A film that goes in more for shock than horror.