Bleak yet romantic, The Walking Dead reads like a love story to the idea of guilt. Unable to turn away from it when the very thing you've done wrong comes back to haunt you, literally. I feel like I have to write something earnest in the hopes of counteracting all the joke-y reviews this film has for its unfortunate name. A brief story that I feel could have benefited from an extra thirty minutes to smooth out a few transitional moments but in the end the storytelling is so tight you don't even really notice what details might be lacking.
There however is no shortage of hauntingly beautiful and well lit shots set to a somber classical score. A movie that oozes beauty in the truest sense of the word "gothic." Karloff's ability to simultaneously be so soft and somber while giving the most chilling stares is masterful. He isn't explosive or vengeful but instead just asks a very simple question to those who have wronged him: why?
Bleak yet romantic, The Walking Dead reads like a love story to the idea of guilt. Unable to turn away from it when the very thing you've done wrong comes back to haunt you, literally. I feel like I have to write something earnest in the hopes of counteracting all the joke-y reviews this film has for its unfortunate name. A brief story that I feel could have benefited from an extra thirty minutes to smooth out a few transitional moments but in the end the storytelling is so tight you don't even really notice what details might be lacking.
There however is no shortage of hauntingly beautiful and well lit shots set to a somber classical score. A movie that oozes beauty in the truest sense of the word "gothic." Karloff's ability to simultaneously be so soft and somber while giving the most chilling stares is masterful. He isn't explosive or vengeful but instead just asks a very simple question to those who have wronged him: why?
