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"[Michael] Gough essays his most celebrated horror role with great relish, and is an arrogant, hissable villain: the film wouldn't be half as enjoyable without him." - Graeme Clark, the Spinning Image
London is fear-struck and Scotland Yard is baffled by a series of strange murders plaguing the city. Through his stories of the atrocities, crime journalist Edmond Bancroft (Michael Gough) comes to his own conclusions while clues of the crimes continue to elude the police. This is because Edmond is actually behind these horrible crimes in order to create material for his writing. Along with his assistant Rick (Graham Curnow), Edmond runs a private "Black Museum" filled with the very murder and torture devices used in the creation of these horrific stories. The duration of this version reflects the original British release through there are extended versions in existence the run roughly sixteen minutes longer.
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I liked it even though the plot was pretty predictable. Acting was okay.
Mildly amusing camp horror... camp now, and likely camp in 1959, too. Nice color photography, good (though brief) musical score, crime museum doubles and mad scientist lab. Probably good for people who like this sort of thing.
