A slapstick burlesque of 19th Century Victorian melodrama featuring a parody of Holmes and Watson who rescue a heroine held by a mustache-twirling villain in a den of caricatured Chinese gangsters..
Is it worth your time? Honestly, that depends on your tolerance for old-fashioned, slightly cringey humor. If you love early 20th-century slapstick and don't mind some really dated stereotypes, you might get a kick out of it. If you're looking for a serious mystery or even a decent parody of Walter the Sleuth, you will...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Otto Brower
Henry Edwards
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, that depends on your tolerance for old-fashioned, slightly cringey humor. If you love early 20th-century slapstick and don't mind some really dated stereotypes, you might get a kick out of it. If you're looking for a serious mystery or even a decent parody of Walter the Sleuth, you will probably hate this. It’s basically a fever dream of Victorian tropes thrown into a blender. You have the mustache-twirling villain, the screaming heroine, and a version of Holmes..."
Harrington Reynolds, Walter Weems
United States
