The Walking Dead

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S R Saw it for its originality and groundbreaking work. It was not as good as others, but it still must have entertained in its day. Saw on DM. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/17/24 Full Review Deke P 1936 !! BORIS KARLOFF!! THE WALKING DEAD !! WOW! Great title, they should make it into a TV series. Why have I never even heard of this movie. Until now, 2.11.22 !! It was on The Movie Channel. Giving it 5 RT stars. Note to sef: watch it again, & pay particular attention to A-Z. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Classic creature feature with Karloff as a gentle musician who is wrongly convicted of murder. His revenge, though not intentional, is final. Excellent script, acting, and editing. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member It's hard not to compare this story to Frankenstein when Karloff is being brought back from the dead. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Not to be confused with the zombie television series of the same name, Boris Karloff portrays a man falsely accused of murder, sentenced to the death penalty and restored to life by a mad scientist. What is it about Boris Karloff being brought back to life by mad scientists?. It's basically a gangster film until the last half hour--then the scary stuff kicks in. The film is very short -- 70 minutes -- and moves quickly. The film's best moments feature Karloff's zombie rampage which have a touch of irony about them - not least because of the way that every member of the gang dies by his own hand through accident rather than Karloff's. Stand-out scene is definitely the fantastic build up to Karloff's undeserved execution, as sad cello music plays and prison guards banter about baseball while a man's life hangs in the balance. Edmund Gwenn is also effective in one of his earlier roles as the doctor who brings Karloff back to life after he is wrongly executed: obsessed by an urge to learn what goes on after death, he drives Karloff on but the latter's only concern is to get even with the corrupt gang which set him up (including Ricardo Cortez's shady lawyer, Barton MacLane as one of his associates and Joe Sawyer as a hit-man, the real murderer). Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member No zombies here, but there is a good creepy little story about Boris Karloff being framed for murder and sent to the electric chair. He's then brought back to life by a mad scientist and Karloff is looking for revenge! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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