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Bluebeard (1944)

Horror | 73 minutes
2,90 26 votes

Genre: Horror / Thriller

Duration: 73 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer

Stars: John Carradine, Jean Parker and Nils Asther

IMDb score: 5,9 (2.321)

Releasedate: 11 November 1944

Bluebeard plot

"The most sinister love story ever told!"

Incurable strangler Gaston Morrell falls in love with an intelligent girl. Is this the cure for the strangler or is this the start of more murders?

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After having enjoyed Ulmer's The Black Cat and Detour, expectations for this Blue Bear were quite high, too high though.

On the plus side, I think the story is beautifully portrayed, with the usual chiaroscuro techniques of the time, for which kudos to Edward G. Ulmer and his cinematographer Eugen Schûfftan, who both have a past in German film from the 1920s, including classics such as Metropolis. Furthermore, I thought the actors, with John Carradine and Ludwig Stôssel (with his character head also active in German silent film) at the forefront, were in good form.

I found the continuous presence of the music score in the film negative. There is literally no second of silence, not even during the dialogues, but the violins and the rest of the orchestra are constantly warbling. According to the credits, the score was written by a certain Leo Erdody, but entire pieces of Rimsky-Korsakov 'Pictures At An Ehibition' are clearly recognizable. Fortunately for him, the copyright of this 19th century masterpiece had probably expired long ago, but it remains a strange practice that was more common at the time with the recycling of the classics. In terms of building up tension, the use of music was a flop in my eyes and ears. At the beginning of the film, there is also an extensive focus on Caradine's puppet operetta, which also does not contribute to the structure of this short film.

To end on a positive note. The close-ups of John Carradine'seye will probably stick with me the most from this film and I thought it was a good find to show the madness of the psychopath. It is not for nothing that the eyes are sometimes called the windows to the soul.

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