Roy William Neill – The Scarlet Claw (1944)

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When a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.

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Widely considered one of the best of the Universal Holmes films, The Scarlet Claw is essentially a variation on The Hound of the Baskervilles, the story of a criminal who masks his crimes under the guise of a supernatural creature. When Lady Penrose is conspicuously killed, her husband (Paul Cavanagh) summons Holmes and Watson to the ominously named French-Canadian village of La Mort Rouge, supposed home of a glowing marsh monster who continues to murder hapless residents. Of course, the perpetrator is actually human—I won’t give away who it is, as the reveal is a rather unexpected twist—his clothes daubed in phosphorescent paint. Although the story is highly derivative, The Scarlet Claw has oppressive atmosphere in spades, and Rathbone is definitely on his game here. Also, the special effects used to create “the monster” are quite good for their time.

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