The Cat and the Canary (1939)

There's a creepy swamp mansion, screeching cat jump scare, the reading of a family will, creaky wooden floors, a valuable missing necklace, an escaped maniac killer at large, hidden passageways, and naturally...murder!  I love Louisiana bayou set spooky old dark house…

Ian West

“I suggest we all sleep together.” Kinda funny and kinda unsophisticated as well.

Allison M. 🌱

The perfect little whodunit for a rainy afternoon, spiced with horror elements and two ravishing leads playing the detective who are stranded in a spooky house for the night with a couple of other people and a killer lurking around... Sharing a striking resemblance with…

Lara Pop

“Do you believe in reincarnation?” You know that dead people come back.” “You mean like the Republicans?” Bob Hope has quite a few zingers in this film that had me cackling. And come to think of it, this might be my first Bob Hope film. Essentially playing out as a murder…

Jesse

A very entertaining remake of the 1927 film. Paramount, which didn't have a big footprint with horror films, cast Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard as the leads, and their winning chemistry makes the hoary old chestnut quite fun. The horror-adjacent story was originally…

julianblair

When I was young, Bob Hope seemed like the epitome of a square old comedian. It’s not surprising. He was old as hell, and I was watching Robocop and Eddie Murphy films. Tonight, I finally watched my first Bob Hope film, and hey! He was a lot younger in 1939. He was also a…

DallasFrance

The number of times I audibly laugh out loud during this movie every time is maybe a little concerning, especially considering I did an actual knee slap today, but what can I say? It’s such good fun.

Bre

I remember really enjoying the 1927 version since I'm a huge fan of silent films, and while it was on the shorter side, I still found it pretty decent overall. It built a good atmosphere with a great mansion setting, and the performances were solid as well.

✯ Miloš⑬ 💀↯

Das besondere an ERBSCHAFT UM MITTERNACHT ist für mich das Anwesen mitten in den Sümpfen in Louisiana. Da hat der Nebel leichtes Spiel und das abgelegene Setting reizt seine Möglichkeiten aus um die Anwesenden, welche um eine reiche Erbschaft hoffen ordentlich auf Trab zu…

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