Dear Murderer (1947)

 

 

When a successful business man suspects his wife is having an affair, he sets out to find her lover, kill him, and make it look like suicide.

Basically a standard crime drama with a quite construed plot, this movie hold's tour attention to the evil twists its tale takes.
 

Halliwell (no star): "Thoroughly artificial pattern play set among the unreal rich, from one of those unaccountable West End successes, here boringly filmed."

Maltin**1/2: "All-too-familiar "perfect crime" melodrama sparked by fine Portman performance." 

 

 

The Raven (1963)

 

A magician, who has been turned into a raven, asks a former sorcerer for help. 

From memory: At times hilarious horror comedy with a great cast genre stars goes on a bit too long, but the climactic finale makes it worth the waiting.

Halliwell*: "The rather splendid duel is a long time coming; the preliminaries are largely confined to chat in a single set, and the random jokes do not quite atone for the boredom."

Maltin***: "Funny horror satire...Climactic sorcerer's duel is a highlight."

 

 

 

 

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Victor Frankenstein builds a creature and brings it to life, but it behaves not as he intended.

Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961)

People are mysteriously disappearing near a remote Cornish village, where a scientist is experimenting with reviving the dead.