Saturday, November 6, 2010

The Mad Magician (1954)


Directed by John Brahm
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Vincent Price works in a shop inventing and building tricks for other magicians. When he decides to go out on his own his employer closes the show and claims he owns the rights to his new "Buzz Saw and the Lady" contraption. It's not long before Price takes revenge using the very same buzz saw. He assumes the man's identity using clever make-up and a mask, but this leads to other problems. More murders follow and the police are hot on his trail. Good but not great Price, hurt by a 3D gimmick which occasionally throws things in our face.



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