End of the 40s in Horror
So, Sin and I finished out the 1940s in horror. I will say...there weren't many films in comparison to the first 2/3 of the decade. My guess is war stuff made film less popular, especially horror? That's my hypothesis? Please inform if there's more nuance to that! But here are the films we watched and what we thought of them. 1946 Bedlam: Another RKO production, but with Boris Karloff. Probably one of our favorite Karloff films, it was nice seeing the asylum get some love as a horror trope for the first time since Unheimlich Geschichten and Page of Madness. It was genuinely dark at points, but it had some nice political messages in it. Not too shabby. The Beast with Five Fingers: Another hand film. First one since Hand of Orlac, and I would say this was a bit better, too. But I'm not sure I would say it's actually worth a watch if you're looking for something interesting. Very Scooby Doo in nature. 1947 Fireworks: This was a gay experimental film. Ve...