If you are the type of person who gets annoyed when characters in movies make catastrophically stupid decisions just because they’re 'bored,' you should probably skip this one. But if you have a soft spot for that specific brand of 1920s melodrama where a stiff-collared hero decides that a creepy, dark mansion is the p...
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Frank Tuttle
Henry Edwards
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"If you are the type of person who gets annoyed when characters in movies make catastrophically stupid decisions just because they’re 'bored,' you should probably skip this one. But if you have a soft spot for that specific brand of 1920s melodrama where a stiff-collared hero decides that a creepy, dark mansion is the perfect place for a midnight stroll, there is a lot here to pick apart. It’s worth watching if you’re a fan of the 'old dark house' subgenre before it became a total cliché. It’s d..."
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Florence Ryerson, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Raymond Cannon, Frank Tuttle
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