Very creative. I can understand why some might not like this film because it is not what's expected. "The Walking Dead" conjures up re-animated beings wreaking havoc and destruction until the hero's figure out how to put them back in their graves, blow them to smithereens, or send them back into, from whence they came.
All Boris wants is to find out is why. But... Well, you'll have to watch the movie.
It's not a monster movie and it isn't a "bring them back from the dead is evil" movie either. There's no moralizing about violating the laws of God or Man. But, it is a film about justice.
The acting and directing are far better than the typical monster / horror flick of the 1930's. It's amazing what we are left to figure out on our own without being beaten over the head as in most films of the genre.
Boris Karloff, who is brought back from the dead - is a sympathetic character with a unique twist.
THE FOLLOWING MIGHT BE A SPOILER (I don't really think so. But, I don't know how much must be disclosed for it to be one): Boris senses who framed him and goes about finding them. He asks them "Why?" Apparently, their guilty consciences cause them - when confronted by the person whose death they caused - to be so terrified that they literally die in accidents while Boris sadly looks on because he didn't find out why they framed him. (This is only my interpretation so I'd be interested in knowing whether others saw it this way as well.) I don't remember another film where the motivation is honorable and not revenge or some other negative or "evil" motivation.
Geoff
All Boris wants is to find out is why. But... Well, you'll have to watch the movie.
It's not a monster movie and it isn't a "bring them back from the dead is evil" movie either. There's no moralizing about violating the laws of God or Man. But, it is a film about justice.
The acting and directing are far better than the typical monster / horror flick of the 1930's. It's amazing what we are left to figure out on our own without being beaten over the head as in most films of the genre.
Boris Karloff, who is brought back from the dead - is a sympathetic character with a unique twist.
THE FOLLOWING MIGHT BE A SPOILER (I don't really think so. But, I don't know how much must be disclosed for it to be one): Boris senses who framed him and goes about finding them. He asks them "Why?" Apparently, their guilty consciences cause them - when confronted by the person whose death they caused - to be so terrified that they literally die in accidents while Boris sadly looks on because he didn't find out why they framed him. (This is only my interpretation so I'd be interested in knowing whether others saw it this way as well.) I don't remember another film where the motivation is honorable and not revenge or some other negative or "evil" motivation.
Geoff