Storyline

Megalomaniac and would-be world dominator Roxor has kidnaped Robert Regent, along with his death ray invention, in hopes of using it to degenerate humanity into mindless brutes, leaving himself as Earth's supreme intelligence. Faced with revealing the machine's secrets or allowing his family to die a horrible death at the hands of Roxor, Regent's only hope lies with the intervention of his brother-in-law, the be-turbaned yogi and magician Chandu, who has the power to make men see what is not there 'even unto a gathering of twelve times twelve'.—Doug Sederberg

Plot Keywords

character name in title, levitation, princess, rescue, self sacrifice, servant, slave auction, snake, tear gas, temple, torture, buried alive, conscience, kidnapping, inventor, forgery, hypnotism, egypt, alcoholic, blindness

Short Review

Did you believe that the 1960s Batman teevee series was the first to satirise the hero/adventure format? From the days when people believed that one could learn potent magic in the Far East comes Chandu, with the power to cloud mens' minds (just like The Shadow!). Mostly hokey (like the Batman teevee series!) this effort gains steam when Bela Lugosi is onscreen. The ending's okay too, though much of this is groan worthy.

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