Friday, June 13, 2014

Isle of the Dead (1945)


ISLE OF THE DEAD  (1945)  
¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Mark Robson
    Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Marc Cramer,
    Katherine Emery, Helene Thimig, Jason Robards
A shadowy Val Lewton thriller about some people quarantined on a Greek island during a plague. One of them could be possessed by en evil spirit, and it's probably not who you think. Moody lighting out of film noir and old German silents, and a good, moody performance by Karloff (looking vaguely like Kurt Vonnegut) as the army general who insists that nobody leave the island.