| If Walt Disney made thrillers... |
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| written by artifex |
September 16, 2004 - 5:15 PM PDT |
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This would be a great spoooooooky (not scary, just thrilly and silly) movie to show on family night, especially if you have little kids. Otherwise, you might find it too corny and dated. Still, there are some classic fun touches that make even adults smile indulgently, like the intro scene where a skeleton does dictation for director William Castle, and he shows this movie's gimmick: a special viewer to see the ghosts! Just like the people in the movie use! WOW!
(Don't worry about Greencine not sending you the glasses and the effects being ruined, because you can watch it with them integrated.)
Watching this felt a bit like when I went to Disneyland for the first time, after being used to Six Flags: the rides (thrilly bits) seemed a bit tired and tame, until I realized these may have been the prototypes of much of my thrill-seeking vocabulary. I still jumped in surprise at a couple of the things that I expected would happen, though, because the timing was just after I expected them. After a while, though, I found myself skimming scenes with cheesy monster outfits to get back to the 50s-style dialogues between family members. And that's where this movie shows how dated it really is, of course: when this movie was made, the plot and dialogue were intended to just glue the action sequences together, but over time the effects have lost their novelty. It's now mostly a historical curiosity, but still good for entertaining kids. |
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