Horror Island

Horror Island is a 1941 horror film made by Universal Studios based on an original story by Alex Gottlieb. It was directed by George Waggner and the screenplay was written by Maurice Tombragel and Victor McLeod. It stars Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Leo Carrillo, Eddie Parker, Dale Van Sickle, John Eldredge, Lewis Howard, Hobart Cavanaugh, Iris Adrian and Fuzzy Knight. Foy Van Dolsen plays the monstrous villain "Panama Pete", alias "The Phantom". Directed by George Waggner, the movie runs 61 minutes. It was released on March 28, 1941. The plot has assorted colorful characters going to a mysterious island to seek a pirate's hidden fortune. The film cost $93,000 and was made between March 3 and March 15, 1941. The movie is on the "Universal Horror Classic Movie Archive" DVD box set, released in 2009.