The Monster (1925)
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It is a fun movie. Chaney is basically the 'guest star' in this "old dark house" style movie about a village detective who solves a mystery. In some ways, this is faux-Harold Lloyd. (I can really see Lloyd as the film's hero.) If you like the silent "Cat and the Canary," you will like this one.
It is NOT like "Phantom of the Opera" or "He Who Gets Slapped" at all.
It is NOT like "Phantom of the Opera" or "He Who Gets Slapped" at all.
This is the third time I've seen THE MONSTER and tried to like it, mainly due to Lon Chaney's presence -- but no dice. The film tries to do too many things at once and doesn't really do any of them well. The comedy is forced, the horror aspect doesn't really work, and I kept wishing Chaney would do away with the proagonists.