ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Lightdeossk Captivating movie !

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Myriam Nys Three happy tourists are sunning themselves in France : a young man called Gerald, his fiancee Kitty and Kitty's aunt. Although Gerald is a pretty easy-going and relaxed young man, he has Great Expectations, since his baronet uncle owns a whopping big castle in Scotland, complete with gardens and maze. Unexpectedly, he receives a telegram begging him to travel to Scotland as soon as possible. Obeying the summons, he interrupts his holiday. Kitty and her aunt impatiently await his news. They wait in vain...I like mazes and I like horror movies, so how could I resist watching "The maze" ? However, the movie left me with mixed feelings. In many aspects it's a well-made movie, with a slow-burning and atmospheric build-up which would grace any decent horror or thriller movie. Sadly for all concerned the central mystery, which also constituted the big reveal, was.. how to put it politely... silly. Almost everything or anything would have been more scary or more impressive : a circus poodle walking on a ball, a little boy dressed in a Thanksgiving costume, five Protestant elders discussing Predestination, a sketch of a dinosaur egg, a package of chips, a gospel choir rehearsing "Amazing Grace".It is possible that the late and great Lovecraft might have pulled this off, but "The maze" certainly didn't... 7 stars may be overly generous but I do like a nice maze.

mmcgee282 For years every time I saw it on t.v.I would get distracted that I did not under stand the story and plot.The only thing that ever bother me was finding out who was the owner of the castle in the highlands was and how it was taken seriously.Now I understand the whole movie.It'a about the build up in the story that leads to this as a result is not really funny at all.The 3d for the first time really brought me to under stand the plot better.How Carlson character has to take off to his uncles castle after his uncle's death and how Veronica Hurst and Kathrine Emory ,who plays her Aunt,a is determining to find out what has happen to him,by taking a risk in going to the castle,to see whats going on,at the protest of her aunt.The Gothic atmosphere of the whole haunted castle and it's property is very effective on 3d ,especially the fog that seems to come out of the screen.The bat scenes as Veronica is spying into the haunted house.As she was able to slip outside of her locked room were not very effective.When you throw an object at the camera the third dimensional affects are weakens as it gets closer.The sound?it's great.In it's restored affects the three channel sound makes the orchestra ,of the back ground music ,fuller,more effective,reinforcing the atmospheric quality of the film.Where Kitty's friend ,including a doctor that she invites over,to find out what's wrong with her fiances.You got some well know n character,like Hillary Brook,who was in the comedy Abbot and Costello meet Captain Kidd,that same year.Then you got the actress who played the doctors wife,D.r. played by John Dodsworth,played by the one who was in the old Dark house,Lillian Bond, a lot older.Then theirs the strange butler,played by Michael Pate,strange cause the older make up was too theatrical and unrealistic.The comment side of this films,stated that Richard Carlson was wild ,he was married ,but fooled around with other women,although in the interview of Veronica ,now in her eighties ,she stated tha he treated her friendly and under standing .Pate had a problem during the war and had just finish a 5 minute surgery to fix the problem,before getting in the picture.Although the ending may look ridiculous to some,a joke to others.,it's really not.I have to say the book might be better and one should be encourage to see if it's in the library to check it out for reading.This would enhance the interest in the movie.although some theaters off it in non Anamorphic wide screen,it was not shot that way.It' present in its one by three, seven by one ratio.With it's haunting atmosphere,minus the bat scene.The characters,oops! forgot one.Robins Hughes character Richard give an impression that he is trying to impersonate Richard Hadyn.Any how, well worth the entertainment.Well worth the wait.04/22/18

MARIO GAUCI The next-in-line to a Scottish heirloom, which is shrouded in mystery, suddenly breaks off his engagement to an American girl; inevitably, but against the baronet's better judgment, she turns up at the forbidding estate to investigate. Distinguished production designer-turned-director William Cameron Menzies (much like his later British counterpart Robert Fuest)'s most notable efforts in the latter capacity were in the Fantasy genre: this is the fourth and least of them and would also prove to be the last theatrical feature he ever helmed. Actually, it is not that hard to see why, since what we have here is more folly than fable – even if the film's overpowering atmosphere (filmed in 3-D) somehow renders the undeniably ludicrous plot compulsive. The cast (including Richard Carlson, Michael Pate and an unrecognizable Lillian Bond – from 1932's THE OLD DARK HOUSE) is not insignificant, but they have fairly little of interest to do or say: the intruding castle visitors do nothing except prowl its sinister corridors aimlessly at night and feign illness the morning after to extend their stay there! There are a couple of intriguing incidents to be sure: the women finding troubled Carlson has gone grey-haired in a matter of months since they had last seen him and once chancing upon a mysterious nightly procession…but, clearly, the film-makers believe that the unique revelation at the end is enough of an ace up their sleeve to bother making anything of them when these occur!

gavin6942 A Scotsman (Richard Carlson) abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty (Veronica Hurst) and moves to his uncle's castle in the Scottish highlands. Kitty and her aunt follow Gerald a few weeks later, and discover he has suddenly aged.I had never actually heard of this film before stumbling across it on Netflix. I can see why it might not get a lot of attention -- it does not have any big names actors, or even cult actors, and the writer, director and producer are all relatively unknown these days. This is too bad, though... the film is on par with such stories as "The House on Haunted Hill".I am told this film looks even better in 3-D. I can see why it might, with such moments as the bat flying towards the camera. Either way, this film deserves more attention...