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16 out of 17 people found the following review useful:
Great Slaughter film with a twist of suspense and humor!, 5 April 2004

Author: Niels Solberg (nielspe@online.no) from Norway

Tod Slaughter makes this film great fun to watch. If you ever want to see a Slaughter film out of curiousity of whom this forgotten horror actor is, well...this is one to see. SEXTON BLAKE AND THE HODDED TERROR is made on a low budget, but pulls off with both class and suspense. The actors takes their assignment serious and a variety of scenes makes it fast paced and exciting. The leading lady is Greta Gynt who also played against Bela Lugosi in DARK EYES OF LONDON. This time she is menaced by Slaughter and entrapped in his house of horrors where there is plenty to enjoy for horror fans. Perhaps the film uses too much time to establish the story, but once it gets going there are plenty to enjoy. Some people compare simularities between Bela Lugosi and Tod Slaughter. If there are any, it must be in their enthusiasm and "over the top" performance in low budget horror films. But in many ways that saves the show. Have fun with this "gem" from British cinema and lets hope it will be available restored on dvd asap.

3 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
Great English Low Budget Film, 7 May 2010

Author: rwagn from Columbus, Ohio

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I really enjoyed this low budget film from England. For some reason their low budget films don't skimp on the details. The studios used look nothing like the basement studios of American cheapies. There are moments of over the top acting and reacting but for the 1930's, it's not that far from the norm. Sexton Blake is the "other guy" who lives on Baker street. He has a sidekick named "Tinker" who dabbles in scientific experiments. These two are no Holmes and Watson but are quite enjoyable nonetheless. SPOILER ALERT! The only downside to this film and why I entered a spoiler alert is the story continues on with the next film in the series. Not seeing the villain, Tod Slaughter, get his just desserts was a bit of a letdown. The fact that this series is not commercially available adds to the frustration of seeing how this all turns out. I will start my quest to find as many of these films as possible in the grey area of collecting. Sinister Cinema offers a great print of this title.

2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
The Snake is as slippery as an eel, 24 October 2009

Author: John Seal from Oakland CA

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The greatest crime organization of the century, The Black Quorum, are planning to attend a secret convention in London under the auspices of their leader, The Snake. After they unsuccessfully try to murder Granite Grant (David Farrar), the one man who knows of their plot, renowned amateur investigator and philatelist Sexton Blake (George Curzon) takes them on with comic relief assistance from sidekick Tinker (Tony Sympson). Matters are complicated by the brooding presence of millionaire Michael Larron (Tod Slaughter), who sports the most ridiculous facial hair in film history and has the hots for beautiful innocent Julie (Greta Gynt). The third of a series of potboilers featuring Curzon as the poor man's Sherlock Holmes, Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror is enjoyable bottom of the bill fun that you'll forget as soon as The End arrives.

1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
A bit of a ripoff but good fun, nevertheless., 24 December 2011

Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

I have never seen a Sexton Blake movie before, but I was struck by the many ways that he seemed to be a ripoff of Sherlock Holmes. Apparently, the stories began appearing in magazines in the 1890s--and were deliberate copies of the Conan Doyle stories. Like Sherlock Holmes, Sexton is an amateur detective that lives on Baker Street, has a landlady and assistant who is a bit of a loser. And, in many ways in this film, he just seemed like Holmes with a different name.

So is the film worth seeing? Yes--but I must warn you that it's all a bit silly--like a B-mystery or movie serial. Yes, this detective does not seek out your garden variety baddie but a guy in a hood and an international gang of criminals...a bit like Moriarty, actually. So why did I give it a respectable 6? Well, it was fun and the ending was VERY, VERY unconventional and very unexpected--and I liked that. Worth seeing if you love Bs.

1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Holmes and Watson ripoff, 17 March 2011

Author: blanche-2 from United States

Sexton Blake (George Curzon) and his sidekick Tinker (Tony Sympson) try to unmask the head of a crime syndicate in "The Hooded Terror," a 1938 B British film. Sexton lives on Baker Street, I guess up the road a bit from Sherlock, whom he takes after with his scientific experiments, his assistant, his landlady, and his amateur status.

Somehwat slow-moving, this film is a combination of suspense with a touch of horror. Tod Slaughter plays the villainous Michael Larron, and Greta Gynt is Mademoiselle Julie.

If you're a Slaughter fan, you will enjoy this perhaps better than I did. Curzon and Sympson are pleasant, but they just don't have the panache and bite of Sherlock and Watson.

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