House Of Horrors (1946)

Struggling sculptor Marcel De Lange (Martin Kosleck) is depressed
about events in his life, and decides to commit suicide. Just as
he's about to kill himself, he sees a madman, known as "The
Creeper" (Rondo Hatton), in the process of drowning, and saves
him. Taking the disfigured man into his care, he makes him the
subject of his next sculpture and calls it his best creation.
When critics denigrate Marcel's work, he has the Creeper start
killing them. Marcel becomes obsessed with Joan, a beautiful
female reporter who believes the deaths are related. When Marcel
invites her over and she sees Marcel's sculpture of The Creeper,
she suspects that Marcel knows the killer. Later, Marcel decides
that Joan knows too much and commands The Creeper to kill her.
The Creeper is reluctant to do, however, when he discovers that
Marcel plans to turn him over to the police. The Creeper kills
Marcel, and is about to kill Joan when he is shot by the police.