11/1/09

Bluebeard

Edgar Ulmer was a B film maker who cranked out some interesting films in the first half of the last century.

Bluebeard starred B film staple John Carradine, as the serial killer. Aside from fathering David Carradine, John was, after Vincent Price, probably the best B film actor going.

A bit silly, with alternating excellent and bad moments, including the self-conscious noting of the killer as Bluebeard, as if the killer was called that at the time.

Here's the film for free: