The
Monster Maker
(1944/PRC/Mr. Fat W Video DVD)
Picture:
C Sound: C Extras: D Film: C+
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In
the same vein as Frankenstein, The
Monster Maker
(1944), is directed by Frank Newfield and deals with a Diabolical Mad
Scientist who falls in love at first sight with a woman, ends up
turning her boyfriend into a monster by injecting him with a serum
and distorting his facial features in order for her to lose her
attraction to him. A fun (and short) black and white feature, this
PRC Studio production is a lesser known film that's worth a watch on
disc.
The
film stars J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, and Tala Birell to name a
few.
Presented
on standard definition DVD with a 1.33:1 full frame aspect ratio and
a lossy 2.0 Dolby Digital Mono track, the film looks and sounds
average in the format considering its age and could definitely use a
high definition restoration to bring out more detail. Still for a
film like this that old and not very well known, it's just nice to
have a copy of it on disc that's watchable and that's good for fans
of PRC's output.
No
extras.
-
James Lockhart
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