▶ RELEASED OUT NOW!
1935-1940 | 12 | Blu-ray
▶ Directors George King, David MacDonald, Milton Rosmer
▶ Cast Tod Slaughter, George Curzon, Stella Rho, Marjorie Taylor, John Warwick
BLU-RAY DEBUT
Talk about nominative determinism… Tod Slaughter’s surname couldn’t have been more apt really, given that the actor made his name playing gleefully murderous villains.
This box set collects eight “barnstormers” – all British “quota quickies” clocking inthe Child Catcher at times, Aubrey Morris at others – plays essentially the same figure in most of them: a leering, sociopathic blackguard delighted by his own wickedness. Even ’80s Master Anthony Ainley spent less time evilly chuckling.
