London After Midnight

[chainsaw midget]

I suppose I could have just put this in the thread about what movies you've watched recently, but I felt this was a well know enough movie to warrant it's own thread. 

Now before I get going and people get their hopes up to much, I did NOT watch the actual movie.  I watched the Turner Classic Movies restoration, which uses the original script and a LOT of movie stills to retell the picture.  It's honestly more of a slideshow than a real movie. 

I have to say, as a story ... it really doesn't make a lot of sense.  It's basically reverse Scooby Doo where the good guy disguises himself as a monster to catch the bad guy.  And for some reason, he waits five years and hires multiple actors to do this. 

It's a famous lost movie, and I feel that if it were found, people would be disappointed by what they see. 

HOWEVER... Lon Chaney's Vampire character (referred to in the subtitles as "the Man in the Beaver Hat") just has such an awesome and iconic look to him.  It's a shame we can't see that in action, even if the plot he's in doesn't really work. 

As I watched the Turner Classic Movie restoration, the thing had no sound.  No music in the background.  Nothing. 

I just played some background music from the Resident Evil games, and that worked quite well for establishing mood, and if recommend that if you are going to watch it, you should probably do something similar. 

[Rev. Powell]

Yeah, I've watched that. Pretty unremarkable. The stills tell the whole story.