Review of The Black Sleep (1956) by Josh H — 30 Oct 2009

This is a nice forgotten gem of a film full of cameos by some of horror's all time greats. Basil Rathbone is his normal over the top self, which means he is brillant in the role of Cadmund the mad scientist who will do anything to bring his wife back including experimenting on a whos who of horror greats! lol His experiments include a hulking mondo played by Lon Chaney Jr.

, a mute butler type character played by Bela Lugosi, a big fat blind money lender aka Tor Johnson and of course the great John Carradine hamming it up with abandon playing a crusading type who just wants to judge and Kill Kill Kill.

The movie wastes the talents of the greats but they were in their decline for the most part at this time in their careers and its just nice to see them all together. All in all this movie does work with some great camera work to go along with the great cast, and plus you can watch it free right here on flixster so no loss lol.