Villain(s)  Mad scientist. reanimated man, ghost dog

Actor(s):  John Carradine, Claudia Drake, Robert Shayne, Maris Wrixon

Brief Description  The Face of Marble (1946) is a 72-minute black-and-white Poverty Row horror-science fiction film produced by Monogram Pictures. Directed by William Beaudine, it is a bizarre genre mash-up that attempts to fuse elements of the "mad scientist" subgenre with supernatural themes like voodoo, zombies, and ghosts. The film takes place in an isolated, dark mansion perched on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Dr. Charles Randolph and his assistant, David, are secretly experimenting with an electro-chemical process to reanimate the dead.

Plot:
The First Experiment: On a stormy night, they acquire the body of a recently drowned sailor. They hook the corpse up to electrical apparatuses. The machine successfully revives the man, but with terrifying side effects: his hair bleaches white, his face hardens into a rigid, deathly-white "face of marble," and he awakens in a crazed, murderous frenzy before abruptly dropping dead again. To cover their tracks, they return the body to the ocean and notify the coast guard.

The Voodoo & The Love Triangle: Elaine, terrified by her husband's morbid obsession, begs David to stop the work. She is secretly harborings feelings for David. Seeing her mistress’s distress, the housekeeper, Maria, places a voodoo doll under David's pillow to force him to fall in love with Elaine and support her.

The Spectral Dog: The narrative takes a supernatural turn when Elaine's pet Great Dane, Brutus, is killed. Dr. Randolph uses the animal as his next test subject. The reanimation process turns Brutus into a ghostly, blood-drinking hellhound that has the ability to become semi-transparent and walk through solid walls. The phantom dog begins terrorizing the household and the local cliffs.

The Climax & Ending: To break up the unrequited romantic tension between his wife and his assistant, Dr. Randolph invites David’s fiancée, Linda, to stay at the mansion. Madness quickly consumes the household as Maria's dark magic combines with Randolph's failed science. Elaine falls victim to the unfolding horrors—becoming a tragic, zombie-like ghost. In the film's haunting final sequence, Elaine and the ghostly hound Brutus walk down to the beach. The film ends on an ambiguous, eerie note as footprints in the sand lead directly into the breaking ocean waves, with Elaine and the dog vanishing into the sea.