剧情介绍
TodSlaughterwasneverwell-knownintheU.S.However,beforeHammerStudiosrevivedthegenreinthelate-1950s,SlaughterwasBritishcinema'sbiggest(ifalsoonly)horrorstar.He'dsuccessfullytourednumerousgrisly,vintageVictorianmelodramasonthestagecircuitfordecadesbeforesomeonethoughtoffilmingonein1935.Hissurprisescreensuccessresultedintensuchmoviesbeingreleasedoverthenextfiveyears(untiltheadventofWorldWarIIsouredthepublic'stasteforsuchcampymayhem).Thislaterone,directedasusualbyHenryKing,wasabitglossierthanmost,reflectingthestar'speakpopularity.Hereheplaysatypicalmustache-twirlingdastardlyvillain,awealthyaristocratof1880Pariswhoschemestomarryabanker'sunwillingdaughterbyanymeans.Meanwhile,aseriesofmurdersarebeingcommittedbythemysterious"wolfman"knownas"LeLoup."Asthewrittenprologuemakesclear,thisfeastofhammyhokumwasn'tintendedtobetakentooseriously,butaudiencesatthetimefoundthemenjoyablyshuddersomeallthesame.Afterhiscinematicvogueended,Slaughterreturnedtothestage(continuingtoplayvillainssuchas"demonbarber"SweeneyTodd)andlaterhadatelevisionsuspenseseries.
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