The Old Dark House (1932 film)
1932
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Aug 5, 2022 · Reviews 20% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score In this remake on the 90th anniversary of the 1932 classic, a father and son on a steamer ship bound for a great hunting expedition in the wilds...
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- Casper Van Dien
- Justin Lee
- Greenfield Media
Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 31, 2024 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Gothic horror gives way to survival thriller in the primitive world of the jungle, where the American big gun hunter refuses to...
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- Joel Mccrea
- Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack
- RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Full Review | Oct 24, 2022. Niall Browne Movies in Focus. A film which runs a fine line between horror and adventure, The Most Dangerous Game is Hollywood classic that’s all killer and no...
- April 6, 2020, Episode 1: “The Offer”
- April 6, 2020, Episode 2: “The Motivation”
- April 6, 2020, Episode 3: “The Rules”
- April 7, 2020, Episode 4: “The Acceptance”
- April 8, 2020, Episode 5: “The Start”
A clueless Dodge meets Miles in the latter’s posh Detroit office, where Miles offers the cancer-stricken father-to-be some of his best whiskey. “In your condition, you should drink whatever the h— you want,” he says. Dodge is hoping that Miles runs some sort of non-profit that helps sick or dying individuals financially, but Miles disabuses him of ...
The episode is a flashback. We see that Dodge is deeply in debt, and his wife is expecting their first child. Still, he has hopes to find someone to buy a building he restored … until he collapses on the sidewalk one day. Dodge serves his wife breakfast in bed, but she runs to the bathroom and vomits. (In her pregnant state, she explains, the butte...
In flashback, Dodge is told that he has cancer, and that the tumor is “malignant and inoperable.” He confesses to his wife that he took himself off the family’s health insurance months ago. In the present, Dodge listens to Miles’ proposal for the lethal run and is, at first, resistant. “I’ll see you in hell first,” Dodge tells Miles. “No, you get t...
Dodge comes to believe that participating in Miles’ run is the only way he can provide for his family. He lies to his wife, telling her that the building they’ve been trying to rehabilitate has found a financer, and that he’s determined to fight his grim cancer diagnosis. “I’m going to fight for all three of us and I’m not going to give up,” he say...
The run begins, with Miles giving Dodge advice on how to stay alive. Dodge runs across the street and is nearly hit by a car. He talks his way onto a bus, but a person whom he thinks may be one of his hunters sits down next to him, forcing a hasty exit. Dodge takes pills for his headache. Characters say the f-word and s-word once each. “A–,” “d–n” ...
May 8, 2020 · The Most Dangerous Game is a brisk and at times brutal B-movie that usefully codified some of the comforting rituals of a good cinema manhunt, notably batting around some quasi-philosophical...
Aug 5, 2022 · It’s about a shipwrecked father and son fighting to survive being preyed upon by a big game hunter seeking a new thrill. The Plot: Sometimes it’s reworked, other times its appearance is from influence; the ubiquitous short story of man hunting man is no stranger to screens.
14 out of 18 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink. 2/10. Fascinating premise, but a truly awful film. matjusm 8 August 2022. I watched this film as I had recently re-watched the 1932 original, and found the story and premise to be a fascinating one.
