I waited for years to see this film. Now that I've seen it and read the other reviews, I'm wondering if I watched the same film. The film is dull. Hope's one liners are few and the funny ones are fewer. (I laughed three times.) The sets are strictly poverty row. The cinematography is uninspired. There is absolutely no creepiness except for the ending. The actors simply walk through their parts. I have at least half a dozen poverty row old darkhouse films that are better in almost all respects. The original version was far better. It opened with a feeling of horror and sustained it. The Cat was far better realized. Excuse me now - I have to watch the 1927 version to wipe this stinker from my mind.
Review of The Cat and the Canary
