Thursday, July 14, 2011

CAN YOU SEE ME? By: ZOMBIE ZANE

YEP-YEP-YEP-YEP-YEP, Let’s do it once again. Zombie Zane here as usual coming to ya live and direct from the seven six one oh seven. Goddamn could it be any hotter in this place? Summer has a grip on us and let me tell ya Jack, it doesn’t look good. But hey, I ain’t here to talk about the weather. Nope. I’m here to talk old school horror with you. This month at DEAD END HORROR, we’re kicking it old school. This week in particular, we’re talking Bela Lugosi. For those tools out there who don’t know who he is, read Sasha’s article and educate your dumb ass. Did that sound harsh? Sorry. In any case, I’m here to tell you about the film, ‘INVISIBLE GHOST.’ Ever seen it? No? Well hell, kick on back a sec and let me share with you my take on this 1941 classic.

‘INVISIBLE GHOST’ is a 1941 horror film starring Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young, John McGuire, and directed by Joseph H. Lewis. It was distributed by Monogram pictures and was released in April of 1941 making it one old motherfucker. But that’s not to say it isn’t good. Told ya, these old school films were the building blocks of today’s horror films. Plus there wasn’t CGI back then and it was the actors that carried the film. Not a bunch of stupid ass wrestling robots and computer generated crap. It was all about the acting. Yeah, it was over the top, but shit, it was the early days of film, what can you expect. Anyway, I’m getting off point. Let’s get to the plot.

This film stars Bela Lugosi as Charles Kessler a man living with his daughter while longing and hoping for his wife’s return. She’s been gone for some years and it’s breaking his heart. One night, during a bad storm, he sees her looking through one of the windows. Now upon seeing her, he flips the fuck out, goes into some kinda trance and murders the maid!! He totally chokes her ass out! Now, the poor maids boyfriend is framed for the killing and he ends up dying while in police custody. Ya follow me so far? Ok. Now the maid’s boyfriend has a twin brother (fucking really?) So he shows up at the mansion to help figure out the strange death of his brother. So now ya got the twin brother and Kessler’s daughter working in tandem to figure out who the real killer is and clear the name of the maid’s boyfriend.

Overall I liked this movie. Bela Lugosi was his usual creepy-creep-creep self. And when he would trance out, his eyes were wicked scary! They did a great job with all that. Plus some of the choking scenes were pretty violent for that day and age. I mean now not so much, but back then...
Usually I give you some stats and some numbers at this point, but these old movies aren’t like the ones today. No nekkidness (yes, I can spell naked) No fuck scenes, not much blood ya know they just kinda imply all that shit. So really no numbers here. We’ll be back doing newer shit in a couple weeks.

So, I guess that about covers ‘INVISIBLE GHOST.’ Oh wait!! My score! I give this Bela Lugosi picture a cool 3 out of 5. His acting alone carries this film. And be sure to read Sasha’s review of ‘WHITE ZOMBIE.’ Another kick ass Lugosi offering. I guess that’s all I got for ya today. So until next time, take care, stay a-scared and I am out. SUCK IT! (I’m on a kick where I say that all the time. Why? I don’t know. It’s funny and I can’t help it.)

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