Isle of the Dead
1945, Horror, 1h 12m
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Gen. Nikolas Pherides (Boris Karloff) takes leave from the 1912 Balkan War to visit a small island in Greece, where his wife is buried. While there, a plague breaks out -- and along with an American reporter (Marc Cramer) and several other travelers, Pherides is forced to stay when quarantine is declared. Soon, locals and foreigners alike succumb to the influence of Madame Kyra (Helene Thimig), who accuses a nurse (Ellen Drew) of being a vampire and the true cause of the recent deaths.
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Genre: Horror
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Original Language: English
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Director: Mark Robson
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Producer: Val Lewton
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Writer: Josef Mischel, Ardel Wray
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Distributor: Nostalgia Merchant, RKO Radio Pictures, Turner Home Video, Image Entertainment Inc., Fox Hills Video
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Sound Mix: Mono
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Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)
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Confused. Some nice plot kernels and plenty of great Lewton atmospherics but ... no. Too much going on here.
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This one came as a complete surprise to me. Here I was expecting a schlock horror film and what do I get? A very suspenseful and thought-provoking thriller. Fantastic I say! Like most thrillers, it takes it a bit to get going, but if you perservere with a bit of patience, you'll discover your heart racing while the suspense is wound up slowly over the course of the film. You can cut the tension with a knife when the creeps start creeping in, and surprisingly, none of them from Karloff himself really. I just can't get over how effective this film was. You're bound to find this in a cheap bin at a local K-Mart or Big Lots! (which is where I found it), but it's definitely worth more than its purchase price. Pick this one up and give it a chance if you spot it.
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Vampires, plague, zombies, murder? What is this movie about? And why is it so boring? Karloff is good as usual, but the story isn't up to par.
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Started off good then started falling apart in the middle & ended with a terrible ending
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