callanvass Review of The Monster Walks

The Monster Walks (1932)

Absolutely terrible Horror/Mystery, that's painfully dull, with laughable dialog, and wooden performances

[2/10 · 8 March 2006]

This is an absolutely terrible Horror/Mystery, that's painfully dull, with laughable dialog, and wooden performances. All the characters are boring, and the story is not very interesting, plus the only time the Ape really gets into act is in the final five minutes!. The script is also terrible, and there is absolutely no suspense or chills what so ever, and even at 63 minutes it's hard to get through. There is also no characters to root for, and before things start to heat up, you will most likely be asleep, or too bored out of your skull to care, plus the killer is pretty easy to figure out. I got this in a DVD set called Back From The Grave along with a bunch of other Horror films and I must say this deserves it's very low 3.8 rating, plus Vera Reynolds(Ruth) laughably overacts and is a terribly non convincing lead, along with Rex Lease (Dr. Ted Clayton). It's also extremely cheap, and very very low budget, and I say this should be a contender for IMDb's bottom 100, plus The Ape is terribly non scary. This is an absolutely terrible Horror/Mystery, that's painfully dull, with laughable dialog, and wooden performances, Avoid it at all costs!. The Direction is god awful. Frank R. Strayer does a god awful job here with inept camera work, and keeping the film painfully dull throughout. The Acting is laughably bad. Rex Lease is actually not all that bad as the Doc, but that isn't saying much, as his terrible dialog certainly Doesen't help matters any, and his chemistry with Vera Reynolds is non existent, still he managed to come out of this crap looking somewhat adequate. Vera Reynolds is pretty bad here, she laughably overacts, and had to spurt out terrible dialog throughout, not to mention her character irritated me. Sheldon Lewis is OK here, and plays the old/crazy man part adequately. Mischa Auer is also bad here, were supposed to find his character eerie, but instead it's boring and non scary. Rest of the cast are equally as bad. Overall avoid at all costs!. * out of 5 and that's being generous.