Directed by Michael Curtiz (1932)
Doctor X will build a creature, well not quite but this movie does involve creating synthetic flesh, so close.
A killer is striking in New York and his victims are strangled, cannibalized and surgically incised under the light of the full moon. Newspaperman Lee Taylor is determined to track him down. Actually the newspaperman is the worst part of the whole movie with his wisecrack comments worse than Roger Moore as James Bond and that's saying something.
The trail leads to the cliff-side mansion of Dr. Xavier (Dr X), where the doctor and his colleagues conduct a strange experiment to identify the killer. The nice thing about this movie is everything is implied, you don't need to see the murders to get the feeling of horror. There is more skill in the lighting effects and acting than you find in most modern horror movies.
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