Monday, April 01, 2024

Movie review - "The Girl in Black Stockings" (1957) **

 A slasher film before you could see much - a killer has cut up a goodtime girl in a small town and sheriff John Dehner tries to find out who did it. 

The main perk of this is the cast - suspects include Lex Baxter, Ron Randell (in a wheelchair), Mamie Van Doren, Marie Windsor, Anne Bancroft, Hoss from Bonanza. Bancroft is very good; I also liked Randell playing a bitter man (was his voice dubbed?) and it's fun to see Van Doren randomly pop up.

The original story was set in South Africa. That would've been fun. Quite a high body count.

I didn't mind this film - nicely directed, a little sleazy. I think it needed to be sleazier, that's all.

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