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Release Date: Mar 31, 1945 Wide
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Strange Illusion is really several movies in one, part dark psychological chiller, part unsettling murder mystery, and part breezy B-movie thriller, although most of its plot is derived from Shakespeare's Hamlet. Jimmy Lydon, best-known to audiences for his screen portrayal of Henry Aldrich during the early '40s, plays Paul Cartwright, the son of a respected judge who died under mysterious circumstances two years earlier. Paul is haunted by nightmares in which his father warns him of danger to
Mar 31, 1945 Wide
Sep 18, 2001
Troma
All Critics (9) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1) | DVD (5)
Though saddled with the script's fetish for Freud, Ulmer stylizes his thriller without sending it adrift. Like his other great films, Strange Illusion is a shaggy quickie that takes fine shape throughout.
Hamlet on Poverty Row
Visually inventive crime thriller, with many strange sequences.
An engrossing premise courtesy of Mr. Shakespeare.
Strange Illusion marks prolific filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer's trip into Hitchcock territory, with often underwhelming results.
A lesser Ulmer.
He sounds like a subject for some mental analysis A young man has issues with his mother's new boyfriend. Initially, he finds the man peculiar; however, with some additional research, he discovers the boyfriend may be a cold blooded killer. When the young man tries to convince others of his findings, he is locked
March 17, 2010
Strange Illusion (aka "Out of the Dark") Starring: James Lydon, William Warren, Sally Eilers, and Regis Toomey Director: Edgar Ulmer A college student (Lydon) is suspicious of the man (Warren) his widowed mother (Eilers) is about to marry. Evidence mounts that the boyfriend may actually be a shadowy serial killer who
March 18, 2007
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