7/10
A genuine ripping yarn with much suspense , thrilling events and moody intrigue
14 July 2021
Interesting and thrilling entry with Basil Rathbone facing off a strange and terrible murderer . The film gets mystery , tension , thrills , detective action and packs an exciting deal of outstanding surprises with great lots of fun . Displaying atmospheric settings , adequate cinematography with plenty of lights and shades, as well as evocative musical score . Holmes and Watson solve the bloody of an old lady committed by a supernatural killer in the creepy Canadian village of Le Mort Rouge . Later on , there happens other grisly murders executed by means of a scarlet claw . But Holmes suspects these killings have been committed by a sinister mastermind , an ominous murderous who is as cunning as Doctor Moriarty . Holmes helped by his bumbling , dumb colleague Doctor Watson: Nigel Bruce starts investigating the strange events . Holmes vs. Monster! . "There's Blood on the Moon Tonight!" .Thrills! Horror!...as the mystery wizards tackle a trackless terror! . Thrills! New Terror! . A Mangler runs Amok ...Bloody Claws the only Cles! The crime masters at their greatest! New Thrills! Holmes Haunts a House!. Screen's weirdest Terror. His best Mystery of all !. Grim Mystery to hold you breathless!.

Good Sherlock Holmes movie with nice settings , thrills , plot twists , suspense , unanswered mysteries and an outstanding , first-class weird villain . This is a top-drawer and intriguing film with horror elements in Universal style , freely based on the splendid novels by Arthur Conan Doyle . Nice atmosphere similar to classic filmed in 1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sidney Landfield with Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce y Richard Greene . Magnificent Basil Rathbone's interpretation , considered to be the best and most authentic Sherlock Holmes . Rathbone plays Holmes as an intelligent , obstinate , broody, pipesmoking sleuth , his acting is similar to subsequent actors as Peter Cushing and Jeremy Brett for TV or Nicol Williamson (Seven-per-cent-solution) or Christopher Plummer (Murder by decree) . As usual , Dr. Watson plays his botcher, bungler or clumsy partner , masterfully incarnated by Nigel Bruce . They are well accompanied by notorious secondaries as Paul Cavanagh , Miles Mander and Ian Wolfe , but this time doesn't appears neither Inspector Lestrade , nor Mrs Hudson . The movie has a creepy atmosphere specially when is developed on the moor where appears a bizarre phosphorescent being .

It contains spooky and murky cinematography by George Robinson . As well as eerie and creepy musical score by Paul Sawtell . This atmospheric motion picture was compellingly directed by Roy William Neill who shot efficiently various episodes of the attractive series . Neill directed in his ordinary style , in fact he was regular filmmaker -along with John Rawlins- of the stunning series , such as : Dressed to Kill, Terror by Night , Pursuit to Algiers , The Woman in Green, The House of fear , Sherlock Holmes in Washington , Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon , Scarlet Claw , among others . Rating : Better than average. 7/10. The picture will appeal to fans of the excellent series starred by Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, resulting to be one of the best episodes.
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