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I thought I had seen all the William Castle horror movies. So back in the summer when I saw Svengoolie was airing The Night Walker I set the DVR.And now after watching it I see why I hadn't heard of this film before.
The Night Walker is one of the very last b/w features made for Universal. And is one of the few William Castle horror films that doesn't have a gimmick. Seems now a days it is most remembered cause it is the last movie Barbara Stanwick made.
Barbara is married to a horrible man. Who is also blind. They live in this huge home. That is filled with cuckoo clocks. And he spends most of his time in his lab doing various experiments.
Then there is an explosion and the husband dies. So Barbara moves into the backroom apartment of the beauty shop she owns. And that is when the dreams start.
The film is constantly have dream sequences but you aren't suppose to know they are dreams until it is revealed. But sadly it is pretty easy to tell when it is a dream.
Really there isn't much to the film. It is slow and dull. With almost no scares. Kinda glad I caught this on Svengoolie. Cause his jokes before and after the commercials are way better than the film is.
The Night Walker gets a D-.
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