Review of The Black Sleep (1956) by John N — 18 Jun 2011

Very odd horror movie that features Lon Chaney, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi AND Tor Johnson! Oh, and Akim Tamaraoff.. who? Anyways, Tamaroff plays a doctor, unjustly accused of murder who is saved from the noose from Rathbone, Rathbone knows Tamaroff is a briliant surgeon, and wants him to join him to get into some explarotory brain surgery Rathbone is doing! Anyways, Rathbone is of course, loony, and Karloff and Lugosi (AND Johnson) are all in the movie playing mute subjects! Poor guys.

I felt sorry for them having to do this kind of role. The movie itself is sort of silly, and Tamaroff mustve thought he hit the big time playing with these legends! It's Rathbone that shines the brightest here though.

I could listen to a non-stop tape of Rathbone for hours.