This film combines art deco, film noir, the pulp fiction of the 30s, a marvelous music score, and the superb acting of Karloff and Lugosi.
Karloff's silloquoy consisting of the passage: "Are we not both the living dead?" transcends the movie with its Shakespearean quality.
And believe or not, there are psychiatrists like Dr. Verdegast! When he states, "There are many things under the sun!", I thought of the DSM-IV TR which classifies and describes psychiatric disorders.
Karloff was a civilized man, which despite his portrayal as a villain, shows in the film. Too bad there aren't more gentlemen like him.
Karloff's silloquoy consisting of the passage: "Are we not both the living dead?" transcends the movie with its Shakespearean quality.
And believe or not, there are psychiatrists like Dr. Verdegast! When he states, "There are many things under the sun!", I thought of the DSM-IV TR which classifies and describes psychiatric disorders.
Karloff was a civilized man, which despite his portrayal as a villain, shows in the film. Too bad there aren't more gentlemen like him.
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