Tuesday, December 23, 2014

The Frozen Ghost (1945)

Does Alex Have The Looks That Kill?


The Frozen Ghost (1945) is the fourth of six Inner Sanctum films starring Lon Chaney, Jr.  Alex Gregor 'the Great' is a stage mentalist. He and his stage assistant and fiancee Maura Daniel preformed a hypnotism act on stage. A member of the audience begins to heckle Alex. Alex invites him to be hypnotized to prove that he is not a fake - Alex then hypnotizes him on stage in front of an audience and the man dies. Alex is sure he killed the man with his eyes! The doctor says the man died of natural causes but Alex becomes obsessed with the notion that he possesses the literal power of "looks that kill".  Can Alex kill by looking at someone and willing them to die? Or is just believing in hocus pocus nonsense?

Pretty good movie if you like films on wax museums, mesmerism, mysteries and the Hollywood classics.

7/10



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