Murders in the Zoo 1933 123movies

Watch: Murders in the Zoo 1933 123movies, Full Movie Online – Eric Gorman returns with his wife Evelyn from a trip to the Orient collecting zoo animals, having killed a member of his expedition who happened one day to kiss Mrs. Gorman. On board ship Evelyn meets Roger Hewitt, who falls in love with her. After delivering his animals to the zoo, Gorman plots a way to dispose of Hewitt using one of his latest specimens, then continues using the zoo’s non-human residents to do his beastly work..
Plot: Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in the arms of other men. In turn, Gorman uses his animals to kill these men. When a New York City zoo suggests a fundraising gala, Gorman sees a prime opportunity to dispatch the dashing Roger and anyone else who might cross him.
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Ratings:

	6.5/10 Votes: 1,401
	71% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 25 Popularity: 3.085 | TMDB

Reviews:

Cruel and nasty stuff for an early 30s film!
I’m extremely fond of ancient horror movies from the late twenties and early thirties, but admittedly they are usually rather soft and tame both in terms of tone and execution. A. Edward Sutherland’s “Murders in the Zoo”, however, is not! The concept of the film, and particularly Lionel Atwill’s hunter/millionaire character are astonishingly crude and relentless for a 1933 production. Probably so crude, even, that the producers eventually backed off anyways and – unfortunately – decided to compensate the cruelty of the essential plot with far too much light-headed comical relief in the shape of contemporary popular jester Charlie Ruggles. Who knows, without Ruggles, “Murders in the Zoo” might have become as controversial and universally banished as “Freaks” was for several long decades, so I can certainly respect the producers’ choice.

The opening sequence is as fiendish and twisted as they come. After he allegedly just ‘wanted to kiss her’, Eric Gorman (Atwill) blandly disposes of an admirer of his wife by stitching up his lips and leaving him behind in a dark jungle full of wild animals. Back in the US, the petrified wife still has plans to run off with another lover, but the diabolical Gorman uses the zoo to which he supplies exotic animals as a macabre disposal ground. In between, the hysterical Ruggles goofs around as the zoo’s marketeer/PR-spokesperson who’s afraid of animals. “Murders in the Zoo” benefices from several things, most notably the unpredictable script (you genuinely can’t tell who will or won’t survive), the classy cinematography of Oscar winner Ernest Haller and the bone-chilling performance of Lionel Atwill. This legendary underrated actor was an evil genius as Dr. Moriarty in “Hound of the Baskervillers” and a vicious psychopath in “Mystery of the Wax Museum”, but he was never more terrifying as here in this 30s horror gem.

One of the best horror films of the first half of the 20th century
Who said the old horror movie weren’t graphic, this baby begins with Lionel Atwill sewing a man’s mouth closed before feeding him to the animals and going on from there. Great classic horror film thats been picked apart over the years for other films but its never really been done as good as this. The plot is simple, Atwill runs the zoo and uses the animals to dispose of people who annoy him or try to get too close to the women he loves. Its dark and creepy stuff that sends shivers up and down your spine, not so much for what it shows, which isn’t much, but for what it doesn’t. If you want the perfect mixture of terror of the eyes and terror of the mind this is it. Perfectly paced and played it does what it does and gets off. I can’t recommend this film enough. Its great (even if its a tad creaky)

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 2 min (62 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Crime, Horror
Director A. Edward Sutherland
Writer Philip Wylie, Seton I. Miller, Milton Herbert Gropper
Actors Charles Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Gail Patrick
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording) (original)
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1 (DVD release)
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length (7 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm