James L.
Joined Jun 2000
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The Basic Plot: A man who has been accused of murdering his brother is made invisible by the brother of the original Invisible Man, and he finds and tortures those who framed him.
The Praise: Excellent special effects, especially during the stunning, harrowingly suspensful climax. The film has a great buildup to the climax , spiraling upwards from the time Vincent Price goes power-mad to the romance ending. Along the way he tortures those who framed him in several scenes that almost are as harsh as the original. I liked Nan Grey, very pretty ( as a previous reviewer said). Remember her as Lily from "Dracula's Daughter". Vincent Price turns in a fine performance , and occasionally you see a faint shade of the man you saw in the Poe Films and "House of Wax", such as where he becomes visible at the end ( in a groundbreaking visual effect) you can see the hairline and features just beginning, and in his moments of madness it could be Roderick Usher as a young man. One of the first horror/sci-fi scripts by Curt Siodmak ( he died very recently).
The Flaws: Plot can be a bit confusing at times, and it is a bit slow occasionally.
The Praise: Excellent special effects, especially during the stunning, harrowingly suspensful climax. The film has a great buildup to the climax , spiraling upwards from the time Vincent Price goes power-mad to the romance ending. Along the way he tortures those who framed him in several scenes that almost are as harsh as the original. I liked Nan Grey, very pretty ( as a previous reviewer said). Remember her as Lily from "Dracula's Daughter". Vincent Price turns in a fine performance , and occasionally you see a faint shade of the man you saw in the Poe Films and "House of Wax", such as where he becomes visible at the end ( in a groundbreaking visual effect) you can see the hairline and features just beginning, and in his moments of madness it could be Roderick Usher as a young man. One of the first horror/sci-fi scripts by Curt Siodmak ( he died very recently).
The Flaws: Plot can be a bit confusing at times, and it is a bit slow occasionally.
The Basic Plot: The unraveling of the mystery of two scientists,a werewolf, and a missing man.
The Praise: Tense, quiet, and spare, it is frightening in an amount of moments with the werewolf. The western locations are great, and the werewolf is sympathetic,plus good acting by a cast of nobodies. Not a major production, it is probably low-budget because of the no-frills look of the film and the lack of any stars. Odd because in parts it looks, feels, and acts like a western. If you detached some scenes without the Werewolf it could pass as a western. The Flaws: Ridiculous makeup. P.S : Extremely rare, it has never been released on VHS, DVD, Laserdisc etc.. Only way to see it is through TV, and I taped it off the AMC Halloween festival, and the tape has become part of my library of rare horror films.
The Praise: Tense, quiet, and spare, it is frightening in an amount of moments with the werewolf. The western locations are great, and the werewolf is sympathetic,plus good acting by a cast of nobodies. Not a major production, it is probably low-budget because of the no-frills look of the film and the lack of any stars. Odd because in parts it looks, feels, and acts like a western. If you detached some scenes without the Werewolf it could pass as a western. The Flaws: Ridiculous makeup. P.S : Extremely rare, it has never been released on VHS, DVD, Laserdisc etc.. Only way to see it is through TV, and I taped it off the AMC Halloween festival, and the tape has become part of my library of rare horror films.
A Comedy of Speed Driving,Drunken Love, and Hunting. There are several laughs throughout the short running time, such as Walrus's affections of Ambrose's wife, and the climax on the bridge, but it is sometimes clumsily executed and plotted. I liked the spare use of titles, and when they do appear they are like subversive nursery rhymes. Pretty Good overall.