YMMV / Horrors of the Black Museum

• Complete Monster: Horror writer Edmond Bancroft gains new inspiration by using antiques rigged as torture devices to commit murder so he can write about it in the tabloids. Starting the film by using his hypnotized and brainwashed assistant Rick, Bancroft has a woman given a pair of binoculars that end up impaling her through the eyes; has his own girlfriend murdered after they break up; and kills an antique store owner when she reveals she knows of his schemes. Becoming a true Serial Killer with his booby-trapped torture devices, Bancroft even has Rick murder his own girlfriend and then tries to have the cops murder him so nothing remains to tie Bancroft to the killings.

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