Norman Lee directs THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS aka CHAMBER OF HORRORS, and he does it with considerable adroitness, extracting excellent performances from all the main actors, including the very young Lilli Palmer, whose beauty I rate higher than her ability to act.
The screenplay by Lee and Gunn, off an Edgar Wallace novel, deserves plaudits for its twists that keep catching the spectator on the back foot. I found the cinematography nothing to write home about but, to be fair, the copy I watched left much to be desired - lots of scratches and poor sound in parts.
I would describe it as a hybrid horror/noir kind of a movie, something different from the usual... and I cannot overlook the fact that by 1940 England was being strafed by German bombers, so it cannot have been an easy project.
The screenplay by Lee and Gunn, off an Edgar Wallace novel, deserves plaudits for its twists that keep catching the spectator on the back foot. I found the cinematography nothing to write home about but, to be fair, the copy I watched left much to be desired - lots of scratches and poor sound in parts.
I would describe it as a hybrid horror/noir kind of a movie, something different from the usual... and I cannot overlook the fact that by 1940 England was being strafed by German bombers, so it cannot have been an easy project.