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David Plunkett Greene (writer)
Edgar Allan Poe (story)
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14 June 1934 (USA) more
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A young man is driven mad by his obsession with the repulsive diseased eye of the old man who cares for him. | add synopsis
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(in credits order) | Norman Dryden | ... | The Boy |
| John Kelt | ... | The Old Man |
| Yolande Terrell | ... | The Girl |
| Thomas Shenton | ... | 1st Investigator |
| James Fleck | ... | 2nd Investigator |
| Colonel Cameron | ... | Doctor |
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| Tom Shenton | ... | First Investigator |
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| Brian Desmond Hurst | |||
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| David Plunkett Greene | writer | |
| Edgar Allan Poe | story "The Tell-Tale Heart" | |
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| Harry Clifton | .... | producer | |
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| John Reynders | .... | musical director | |
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Bucket of Blood (USA)
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USA:55 min
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Referenced in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait (1988) (V) more
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The main trouble with this production is that while the young male lead may have the profile of an Ivor Novello and may demonstrate considerable conviction of movement during the lengthy silent sequences, he simply can't speak his lines -- or at least, can't seem to say them with anything approaching a natural inflection. When he has to appear demented or distraught, he's not so bad, but when he has to take part in even the briefest conversational exchange, he sounds incredibly stilted, amateur and uncomfortable; the effect is to set the listener on edge, but probably not as intended. In the silent era he might well have had at least a minor career ahead of him, but on this showing he would have been a complete wash-out in the era of sound.
Apart from this admittedly major flaw, the film as an atmosphere piece is reasonably good, although I did feel that even at this brief length it drags. The special effects for the diseased eye that provides the main motivation for the plot are convincingly repellent, especially in an early scene where it is seen, horribly, to move, though I'm not sure the character's concomitant and vital sensitivity to sounds is sufficiently brought out; it seems to re-emerge only on demand. I haven't read the original story but suspect this is an element which is easier to render on the printed page.