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Synopsis: The East Side Kids are sent to a mountain camp. Stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside. At night, they sneak out. Peewee is shot by a grave-digger, and they are forced to seek aid at an old mansion. The owner of the mansion (Lugosi), insists that the boys spend the night. After seeing PeeWee walk around the house in a trance, the boys decide that the man turned him into a zombie. They gang up on him and tie him up. The nurse at the boys camp (Dorothy Short) sets out to find the missing boys with Von Grosch (Dennis Moore), who has come to rid the town of the killer- or has he?

Starring: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey

Supporting actors: Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Ernest Morrison, Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Short, David Gorcey, Donald Haines, Dennis Moore, P.J. Kelly, Angelo Rossitto, Guy Wilkerson, Jack Carr, Pat Costello, George Eldredge, Joe Kirk, Rosemary Portia

Directed by: Phil Rosen

Genre: Horror, Comedy

Runtime: 1 hour 11 minutes

Release year: 1941

Studio: Reel Enterprises

ASIN: B001IBKH4O (Rental) and B000HPE8XI (Purchase)

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East Side Kids - Spooks Run Wild DVD ~ Bela Lugosi

3.3 out of 5 stars (13) $7.98

Theatrical Release Information

US Theatrical Release Date: October 24, 1941
Production Company: Monogram Pictures, Banner Pictures Corporation
Also Known As: Ghosts in the Night

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4.0 out of 5 stars East Side Kids meet Bela Lugosi for the first time., March 16, 2004

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James McDonald (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: East Side Kids - Spooks Run Wild (DVD)

The East Side boys make more trouble again. Usually they are sent back to reform school. But this time they are put in a bus and taken to a small town. At a soda fountain shoppe, they hear on the radio that a "monster" killer is on the loose. The boys have a room to sleep in at the camp. At a gas station, Bela Lugosi as "Nardo" (Dracula (75th Anniversary Edition) (Universal Legacy Series) [1931]) comes to town with his midget assistant, "Luigi" (Angelo Rossitto). They are looking for the Billings Estate. The gas station attendent says no one has been there since the killings ten years ago. Later, the gas station attendant meets Dr. Von Grosch (Dennis Moore). He tells the doctor he knows who he is and that he is looking for the "monster" killer. The man up ahead is the monster killer. The gas staion attendent keeps the secret of Von Grosch being in town. The boys go roamin' and they come across the graveyard at the Billings Estate. They are taken into the estate and there they meet the killer. They must stay in this spooky manor overnight. They want to get back to the camp, but they can't leave Pee Wee (played by David Gorcey, Leo's brother) who is under a spell. This is one of the more entertaining and popular films of the series.
Next film in the series is: Mr. Wise Guy (1942)(1943).
In this his last feature film, Donald Haines ("Pee Wee"/ "Skinny") enlisted as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army Air Corps on December 10, 1941. He was in World War II. They believe he was killed in action on February 20, 1943.
Bela Lugosi returned in East Side Kids - Ghosts on the Loose (1943).
Bela Lugosi with dwarf Angelo Rossitto later appeared in Scared to Death (1947).

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3.0 out of 5 stars Lugosi vs. the Kids, June 13, 2002

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Ned "java_ned" (Eldersburg, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: East Side Kids - Spooks Run Wild (DVD)

Here we have Bela Lugosi in a horror/comedy movie with the East Side Kids. The Kids are sent to a summer camp where they learn about a monster killer that is loose in the area. While passing through a cemetery, late at night, one of them is shot and they seek help at an old house where Bela, as Nardo - dressed in his Dracula outfit, is a magician who terrorizes the Kids.

The quality of the DVD is fair.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Rare Lugosi Comedy, May 2, 2006

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Arthur (America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spooks Run Wild (1941) [Remastered Edition] (DVD)

At a certain point in his career Bela Lugosi decided that he would take any film that came his way and Spooks Run Wild is a strong example of this.

What you get is a teen summer camp comedy that sticks Lugosi in as a strage ghost/monster/madman as a way to bring the rest of the comedie clips together.

This film is definantly geared towards children with Lugosi stuck in as a name star to draw parents along with them.

Watching it today, it's the sections that were meant to be serious that are the most hilarious and campy, while the orignal jokes fall flat (as they must have even back in 1941.)

Overall a good unusual genre piece.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Glimpy: "Camp? How do yah like that! I thought we was goin' tuh reform school. I woulda been a sophomore this year."
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