By movieMoll on July 3, 2009
Bela Lugosi’s over-the-top performance as mad scientist Dr. Richard Vollin is not to be missed. Lugosi hams it up as a brilliant, egotistical surgeon that has a fanatical obsession with Edgar Allan Poe, keeping a stuffed raven on his desk and devices of torture described in Poe’s tales in his dungeon! Although Boris Karloff has [...]
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By GroovyMovieGuy on July 2, 2009
What girl could help herself from being drawn to the charms of Bela Lugosi in his late 50s? Well, most likely any girl, but that didn’t stop anyone from making this movie.
Edgar Allan Poe obsessed and “mature” Dr. Richard Vollin (Lugosi) saves the life of Jean Thatcher (Irene Ware) and turns his attention to the [...]
Posted in Drama, Horror, Index, Mystery | Tagged Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Drama, Edgar Allan Poe, Horror, Mystery |
By GroovyMovieGuy on April 20, 2009
Val Lewton had some good movies that transcended the B-movie genre. “Cat People,” “I walked with a Zombie” and “The Body Snatcher” come to mind — even “Curse of the Cat People” is worth a watch. Unfortunately “Bedlam” just doesn’t cut it. Boris Karloff is the highlight of this film employing his creepy craft work [...]
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By movieMoll on April 20, 2009
This movie is included in the roster of low-budget horror flicks produced by Val Lewton in the 1940s. Unfortunately, “Bedlam” is more of a period drama than a horror film and my least favorite of Lewton’s productions. Set in the late 1700s, Sims (Boris Karloff) is the director of the infamous London asylum. Here he [...]
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By movieMoll on April 19, 2009
In the late 1940s Producer Val Lewton churned out a pack of effectively eerie horror films, despite their low budgets. “Isle of the Dead” is the runt of the litter. The movie creates a sufficiently creepy atmosphere on a Greek island where several people are quarantined after an outbreak of the plague during the Balkan [...]
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By GroovyMovieGuy on April 19, 2009
I think I know why they paired “Isle of the Dead” with “Bedlam” on the same DVD in “The Val Lewton Horror Collection.” It wasn’t because Boris Karloff was in both movies, it’s because they’re both a drag.
In “Isle of the Dead” Karloff plays a Greek army general who is devoted to protecting his country, [...]
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