Terror Aboard

1st Paul Sloane Camp Summerween no. 12- Aquatic Horror My eternal thanks to Karina for alerting me to the existence of this oddball experience.* Apparently, this was originally touted as Paramount's Grand Hotel on the water, which included a much starrier cast that…

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Watched via Internet Archive.

Brian Saur

How come nobody ever told me there was a body-count movie from 1933? More than any similar, later films, this Pre-Code film goes all out with it, nearly into full-on horror territory. There are deaths by shooting, stabbing, poisoning, hanging, drowning, freezing,…

Michael Shawn

one of the few pre-code “proto-slashers” that actually earns the title. gleefully cruel trash with an impressively high (and creative) body count, explicitly gay comedic relief and sub-70 min runtime. what’s not to love?

jawn dielman

The most slasher-y of the pre-Psycho films, and that includes both And Then There Were None and Psycho itself. Imagine what kind of empire in horror would have been started had the Hays Code not been implemented. Got to love that shark! Come on good folks. Petition for a…

JostDaGost

One of the joys of Letterboxd is reading great reviews from people I follow, and @KarinaOliveira's reviews are must-read paragraphs of comedic prose; I encourage all and sundry to read her detailed and hilarious takes on films from the Golden Age and the Pre-Code era. This…

Abhimanyu Karandikar

One ship discovers another ocean liner adrift. When the crew board, they find the ship abandoned except for a few corpses. In flashback, we see corporate crook Max Krieg (John Halliday) gets a cable that at any port the ship lands, he will be arrested. Krieg proceeds to…

Marquis de Suave

I love an And Then There Were None-style premise, but the execution here leaves a lot to be desired. The biggest issue is the terrible comedy mixed in, the chief culprit for which is Charles Ruggles. Almost none of the jokes land, and they take away from any potential for…

Robin_Virago

Neat early slasher stuff with a variety of kills, but unfortunately I found it a little dull. The potato quality you can find online doesn't help. It'd be easier to engage with if I could see what was happening haha.

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