Review of The Man Who Laughs (1928) by Matthew B — 09 Nov 2014
This horror film from the end Universal's silent period is like the bridge between German Expressionism (the director and lead coming from that period of filmmaking in Germany) and Universal's great age of Monster Movies, which quite frankly drew a lot of inspiration from the German Expressionist films of the silent era.
This is really the last Universal Monster film in the silent period, and it features another tragic "monster" based on a French story (like "Hunchback of Notre Dame" this comes from a story by Victor Hugo).
Conrad Veidt is great as the Laughing Man, and the story is quite well written and executed, with some great style to boot. Definitely a solid entry from the end of the silent era of filmmaking.
This review of The Man Who Laughs (1928) was written by Matthew B on 09 Nov 2014.
The Man Who Laughs has generally received very positive reviews.
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