{"id":5330,"date":"2008-02-28T12:58:55","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T19:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5330"},"modified":"2021-01-16T20:34:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T03:34:49","slug":"creeper-the-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5330","title":{"rendered":"Creeper, The (1948)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There was blood &#8212; the old man&#8217;s blood &#8212; on her hands, under her nails.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Poster-1-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-63798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Poster-1-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Poster-1-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Poster-1-173x270.jpg 173w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Poster-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo scientists (Ralph Morgan and Onslow Stevens) return from the West Indies with a potent serum derived from cats. When Morgan is mysteriously murdered, his cat-phobic daughter (Janis Wilson) tries to determine the identity of the killer.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gaslighting<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Scientists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nClearly made to capitalize on the success of Val Lewton&#8217;s RKO horror films, <em>The Creeper<\/em> unfortunately fails to elicit anything close to the same level of enjoyment or psychological complexity as Lewton&#8217;s classic thrillers. The story &#8212; involving a mysterious serum, cats, phobias, and the West Indies &#8212; makes little to no sense, instead serving merely as a pseudo-scientific backdrop for what turns out to be a rather ordinary tale of rivalry and revenge. Janis Wilson (in her final screen appearance; a former child actress, she gave up acting after this) gives a campy, one-dimensional performance, all wide eyes and blank stare; equally incompetent (and instantly forgettable) is John Baragrey as her would-be lover, Dr. Reade. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Wilson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Wilson-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Wilson-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Wilson-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Wilson-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Wilson-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Wilson-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Wilson.png 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director Jean Yarbrough and cinematographer George Robinson do manage to effectively employ shadows in their atmospheric camerawork &#8212; but ultimately they can&#8217;t lift this silly film above its nonsensical and uninteresting script.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective use of shadowy cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Cinematography-1024x762.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Cinematography-1024x762.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Cinematography-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Cinematography-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Cinematography-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Cinematography-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/Creeper-Cinematography.png 1243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; skip this one. Listed as a Camp Classic in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0040254\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2014\/10\/14\/the-creeper-1948\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There was blood &#8212; the old man&#8217;s blood &#8212; on her hands, under her nails.&#8221; Synopsis: Two scientists (Ralph Morgan and Onslow Stevens) return from the West Indies with a potent serum derived from cats. When Morgan is mysteriously murdered, his cat-phobic daughter (Janis Wilson) tries to determine the identity of the killer. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Gaslighting Horror Murder Mystery Scientists Review: Clearly made to capitalize on the success of Val Lewton&#8217;s RKO horror films, The Creeper unfortunately&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5330\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5330"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63801,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5330\/revisions\/63801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}