Friday, April 18, 2008

The Horror!? 38: Black Dragons (1942)

Why does mad Bela Lugosi kill the American members of a Japanese fifth column cell? I'm certainly not going to tell. This kind of surprise is something one has to experience for herself.
Welcome to the wonderful world of WWII anti-Japanese propaganda movies, surprisingly enough almost completely without white people in offensive make-up or Asian people.
Compared to King of the Zombies, Black Dragons is a masterpiece of logic and suspense. Alas in the real world I would call it perhaps slightly entertaining, especially for people who slog through the "acting" (not even Bela seems to be trying), "script" and "dialogue" to the very silly conclusion.

Darlings of the Day:
"Alice, will you marry me?"
"For what?"
"So I can beat you up!"

"A businessman has no time to engage in feminine emotions."

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