Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)

RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by J. Walter Ruben
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Creaky mystery with a couple of good scares involving someone wearing a death mask. However, the mystery is impossible to guess beforehand since critical clues are withheld until the end. The suspect pool is also very large, over ten, further complicating matters. The familiar plot involves a group of people called together to a remote house for a party where murder is then committed. Any number of attendees have a motive to kill their hostess, a no-good blackmailer, played to perfection by a slithery Karen Morley. Based on a popular radio program.

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