The film is too old, and the appeal of silent films is still limited. The quality of the restored version is much better, but it still affects viewing.
There is an inexplicable vocal soundtrack in it, I thought it was a bug, because it seems to have two soundtracks superimposed, but it seems that many people have seen this version.
A couple of good shots: the one walking down the stairs, the cross on the face, the expressionistic shadow of the slanted window in the old woman's room.
I have watched a lot of old movies recently, all to understand the history of the movie, and the movie viewing experience is not good. Especially the picture quality. Let's look back to the 1940s.
There is no horror except for seeing a face-covered person being frightened in the opening shot of the woman and the heroine's work.
The staircase scene has appeared many times in Hitchcock's movies, but the staircase here does not have the expected thrilling feeling.
In suspense words, I was convinced that the male protagonist was not the murderer at the beginning, because I believed that there was such a routine. After the scene of playing chess to add fire, I completely understood the director's routine to mislead the audience a lot. The male protagonist was once shaken when he was arrested, but quickly reversed. In short most of the time the script is not very catchy.
But I think the biggest reason is the inability to appreciate silent films.
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