Jul 13, 2023
The Frozen Ghost (1945)
"I've got a confession to make to you. I never did believe in your so-called hypnotic powers."
"That's a strange statement, coming from you."
"Oh, now wait, don't misunderstand me, I think you're terrific. That is, you put on a wonderful act. I just never asked you how you did it."
"But I was born with that power."
"Sure. And I was born in Missouri."
#the frozen ghost#inner sanctum mysteries#1945#american cinema#horror film#bernard schubert#harold young#harrison carter#luci ward#lon chaney jr.#evelyn ankers#milburn stone#douglass dumbrille#martin kosleck#elena verdugo#tala birell#arthur hohl#david hoffman#a splendid return to form for the inner sanctum series. a hugely enjoyable outing with Universal's most tragic clown‚ Lon Chaney jr#this time he's a mesmerist (always a good start) who may have killed a volunteer during his radio show. poor Lon goes to pieces‚ but his#close friends arrange the perfect rest cure: why‚ spend a vacation in a creepy waxworks museum of course! it's the 40s version of a#wellness retreat. so it's off to the waxworks‚ where he's working alongside a simmering ex and a crazed German ruined plastic surgeon#turned designer of wax effigies (one hell of a character bio and frankly enough material to have earned Kosleck his own movie)#add in a jaded agent‚ an earnest young girl and an eccentric detective who prefers quoting Shakespeare to actually investigating anything#and you have prime top quality universal horror ham. absolute nonsense but a massively good time