What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Cast a Dark Shadow - 1955

This is one I'd seen in the past, but it was before I'd started tracking which one's I'd watched.

"Teddy" Bare makes a mistake in judgment and kills his older wife. If he'd waited, he'd have gotten the money he wanted, but instead he just gets the house. So now he's back on the hunt. Enter Freda, a no-nonsense woman with boat loads of cash. She tells Ed up front that she's in it if he is "pound for pound."

Eventually, Freda gets wise to the fact Ed has no money, and she sees that he's got his eye fixed on a new girl in town, Charlotte Young. There's more to that than meets the eye, but Freda doesn't know that. 

I've watched quite a few of these film noir/psychological thriller movies now, and I speculate about 99% of these people's problems would be avoided if they spent more than a month getting to know the other person. I always tell my kids to make sure and argue with someone before deciding to marry them. It's important to know how someone reacts when they're mad. The people in these movies are just like, "LOVE!!!! Woohoo!!"

Anyway, Teddy is stupid and crazy and gets what he deserves. Freda regrets listening to her heart for the only time in her life, and the movie ends. This one is nutty, and while it's entertaining, after watching so many of them lately, I didn't really enjoy as much as I did the first time. And I hated that poor Emmie was dumber than a box of rocks.



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