Monday, August 24, 2020
Detour (1945)
Chance events trap a hitch-hiker Al Roberts into a tightening net of trouble.
Wonderful Film Noir classic that creates a hopeless fate almost too extreme to believe, but that's just as well part of its message.
On rewatching: Highly entertaining low-budget Noir drama with an over-the-top (and extremely unlikely) doom-laden plot - and a particularly vicious femme fatale.
Halliwell*: "A minor cult movie with as much doomladen dialogue and film noir angles as could be shovelled into a Poverty Row 'B' at the time. On the whole, less than meets the eye."
Maltin***: "Now-legendary B movie, filmed in less than a week, is the qintessence of film noir...(Savage, in an unforgettable performance), Ulmer makes best of his meagre budget."
Sunday, August 23, 2020
King of the Zombies (1941)
On a spooky island, three stranded travelers find an evil doctor working with foreign spies and in control of zombies.
Silly horror comedy with a dubious racist subplot softened by Mantan Moreland's hilarious performance.
Maltin**: "Stiff-necked zombies are incidental,but pop-eyed Moreland is a delight."
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