This week I have links to two of my favorite mid-century scary movies, but both come with caveats that have nothing to do with the supernatural. First up is a YouTube link to "Fiend Without a Face" (1958), about a US Air Force base in Canada experimenting with atomic energy, which leads the soldiers at the base and the inhabitants of the nearby town to confront one of the most unusual horror fiends ever seen in old 1950s B movies. Unfortunately, however, please be aware that a dog dies in this movie. I almost never watch movies in which dogs perish, but this old film is one of my very few exceptions (if I could I would just remove that scene from this movie as it is not even necessary to the story):
Up next is "The Ghost Breakers" (1940), starring Paulette Goddard as a young woman who inherits a spooky castle in the Caribbean and Bob Hope as a radio personality who ends up helping her explore the mystery surrounding the old castle. This is mostly a comedy (I especially love the hilarious scene where Hope and Goddard are trying to read through a tourist brochure once they reach Cuba, the island closest to Black Island where the castle is located), but there is an actual ghost and some of the scenes are truly scary. The caveat for this movie is that, like a lot of old movies from this era, there is a rather racist undertone, so keep that in mind if you decide to watch. Happy pre-Halloween viewing, everyone!
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