Horrors of the Black Museum

Rating:
Summary: dull horror film
Review: This film pretends to be different. Instead all it is is a dull excersive in a madman murdering people in unique ways. There is more dull talk than anything. This film was laughed at and dismissed at the time of its release. It would be wise to do the same today.

Rating:
Summary: TIME CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND
Review: When I first saw this 1959 movie in the theaters, I was a rather impressionable lad, so this movie really made a lasting impression in my mind, particularly the opening binocular scene. Now, over 40 years later (ouch, am I that old??), it comes across as a rather mild, sometimes yawning, offering. I think one of the problems the director and/or writer had is that they gave us no suspense in uncovering the killer's identity. Having Michael Gough in the lead of course lets horror fans know he's up to no good (which was surprising he was cast as Alfred in the first BATMAN movies). Also, they shouldn't have shown us Rick's Jekyll/Hyde persona so quickly. After that, it was just a matter of waiting to see how they'd get caught. Gough is in the Lee/Price/Karloff school of actors, although he has never achieved their immortal status of getting away with the ham. Graham Curnow is awful as Rick; June Cunningham is pitifully funny in her sexually repulsive shenanigans; and Shirley Anne Field acted like a Sandra Dee wannabe.
All in all, a disillusionment, but still a campy journey back to the days of schlock horror movies.

Rating:
Summary: TIME CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND
Review: When I first saw this 1959 movie in the theaters, I was a rather impressionable lad, so this movie really made a lasting impression in my mind, particularly the opening binocular scene. Now, over 40 years later (ouch, am I that old??), it comes across as a rather mild, sometimes yawning, offering. I think one of the problems the director and/or writer had is that they gave us no suspense in uncovering the killer's identity. Having Michael Gough in the lead of course lets horror fans know he's up to no good (which was surprising he was cast as Alfred in the first BATMAN movies). Also, they shouldn't have shown us Rick's Jekyll/Hyde persona so quickly. After that, it was just a matter of waiting to see how they'd get caught. Gough is in the Lee/Price/Karloff school of actors, although he has never achieved their immortal status of getting away with the ham. Graham Curnow is awful as Rick; June Cunningham is pitifully funny in her sexually repulsive shenanigans; and Shirley Anne Field acted like a Sandra Dee wannabe.
All in all, a disillusionment, but still a campy journey back to the days of schlock horror movies.