Thursday, October 7, 2010
(1933) Murders In The Zoo
MURDER/ HORROR/ THRILLER
The idea of sewing someone's mouth together is quite disgusting except as far as I know this film was the first film to do it- that idea was later used on other things that followed! Already aware that much of Randolph Scott's reputation
in films where he was always played some kind of hero or the person who's gotten first billing and was involved in alot of Westerns. Well, I was craving to see some of Scott's non Western films since I felt he was "typecasted" as the villian in "Virgina City" whenmuch of his roles was either as a good guy or as some sort of an anti- hero in much of his films! The film does not have much of a synopsis but was made as an excuse to showcase some grotesque ways of people killed by using zoo animals since the heroes of the film were not really introduced until nearly what "seemed" like halfway through the film! All it consists of, is basically a wealthy older unattractive overweight man disposing men he thinks is having affairs with his wife!
This film is, quite a milestone for more of these films that came after it, since the person who got top billing is the villian and not one of the the heroes this time! As a matter of fact the heroes hardly receive any screen time if any at all! My rating may change but this is all I'm giving it for now!
3 out of 4
October 7, 2010
