What a nice surprise! This is a silent-era horror film that's genuinely fun. A store clerk stumbles upon a clue at the scene where a town citizen has disappeared and tries to be a detective with a help from his guide book. Meanwhile, there's a mad scientist that engineers car wrecks so he can experiment on the survivors. It starts out with this silly rivalry between the store clerk and his boss as they both like the same woman. Then it gets really spooky when they end up in a big old house. It gets spookier as it goes but still keeping the light tone. It balances out both horror and comedy elements very well and the mystery aspect is very compelling. The set design is decent and they really make good use of it. Johnny Arthur is fun to watch and Lon Chaney is amazing as a villain.
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What a nice surprise! This is a silent-era horror film that's genuinely fun. A store clerk stumbles upon a clue at the scene where a town citizen has disappeared and tries to be a detective with a help from his guide book. Meanwhile, there's a mad scientist that engineers car wrecks so he can experiment on the survivors. It starts out with this silly rivalry between the store clerk and his boss as they both like the same woman. Then it gets really spooky when they end up in a big old house. It gets spookier as it goes but still keeping the light tone. It balances out both horror and comedy elements very well and the mystery aspect is very compelling. The set design is decent and they really make good use of it. Johnny Arthur is fun to watch and Lon Chaney is amazing as a villain.