"Spook Louder" is an American 16-minute live action short film from 1943, so this one has its 75th anniversary next year already. If you read that Lord and Bruckman made this and see that it is a 16-minute live action short film, then maybe you guess correctly already that this is one of the many Three Stooges short films. It is none of their most or least known I would say. It is from the days of WWII, but there are no real anti-Hitler references in here like in some other Stooges works, but early on there is a mention of war bonds which makes for a nice reference about the global political climate back then. Other than that, I found it to be a really forgettable work to be honest. The salesmen part was as uninteresting as the caretaker part later on, the core of the film, and the idea of how the whole thing was basically narrated by a non-Stooge character from his memory was as uninteresting as all the pie-throwing scenes. This one still has Curly in it, even if it is certainly not from the trio's very early days. Overall, it's highly unlikely you will watch this one without having seen any other Stooges films and the core of the comedy is really their usual slapstick routine, so you can decide for yourself judging from the way you perceived other Stooges (short) films if you want to check this one out. It also should not surprise anybody that it is all about the comedy here, never about horror really, even if it receives a boost in popularity every year during Halloween I guess. So yeah, this slightly-over-a-quarter-of-an-hour film gets a thumbs-down from me. Not recommended.
Review of Spook Louder
