(1934) **1/2
The Ghost Walks is a good, albeit
generic, example of the whodunit genre that was so popular in the 1930s. The film follows the usual formula (why fix
it if it isn't broken?) of people being picked off one by one as they wander
off by themselves though a large house.
There are bookcases that spin, secret rooms and even paintings with the
eyes cut out so the killer can track his/her victims. It’s a fun little movie that you have seen
countless times before.
8 comments:
I like these films even though they are very generic. Take the same film but insert The Three Stooges or Laurel & Hardy and the horror becomes a comedy.
It's so old, too! Only two years after The Old Dark House. Even the generic takes on a certain significance when it's that far back.
That first image is kind of awesome.
Haha, we recently watched one with the very same premise. I love the formula. If it ain't broke don't fix it!
nice way to lighten up that horrorthon heaviness.
It's like all the Halloween knockoffs but fifty years ealier! Dammit, which one was the first?
1934! Holy cats! Sounds fun!
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