Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

slayrrr666 "The Mysterious Doctor" is a really short but entertaining ghost story.**SPOILERS**Riding along the English Moors, Hugh Penhyrn, (Forrester Harvey) manages to pick up the hitchhiking Dr. Frederick Holmes, (Lester Matthews) and stop off at a local bar. Meeting up with Kit Carson, (Bruce Lester) and hear the story about the town's past as a prosperous mining town cursed forever by the ghost of a member of a struggle that tore the town apart. Laughing it off as local superstition, he still agrees to visit the mine to see for himself. Going to the mine and discovering the truth of the ghost of the mine only to never be seen again, a group of town-members go off in search of the ghost. As it continues a deadly killing spree, they race to stop it before it is able to take control of the town.The Good News: This wasn't all that bad. This is a pretty creepy film when it really wants to be. The fact that the film starts off with a trip through a fog-entrenched English countryside, which is quite creepy by itself but becomes all the more when a heavy fog rolls in. The scenes in the mine at the conclusion are incredibly suspenseful, due mainly to it's spectacular setting and eerie feel to it. The darkness of the location and it's design are inherently creepy, and altogether with the camera angles and action, this becomes a really creepy location. The twisting staircases hidden from view and secret passageways are cleverly incorporated and really manage to work in some great moments. The revelation of the killer is a prime example, being completely driven by the location used which is put to great effect. The sight of the ghost the first time is a pretty great effect, looking like a more normal headless entity than an out-and-out ghost, but there is a slightly odd chill to it that really makes it seem like an imposing creature. This even has an entertaining and interesting back-story for the ghost, as the story told is done in a great manner that keeps the attention there. It's all combined into a really good film.The Bad News: There isn't a whole lot wrong with this one. The biggest is that the film's short length. This doesn't even run an hour long, and there's some really long padding in here that makes it seem like that time is going on more often than not. The constant battling over the superfluous characters that do nothing but eat up time in a film short enough as it is. It's needless as the characters aren't at all involved in the outcome of the film, which is it's other problem. This is simply way too convoluted and complicating, taking what was a simple ghost story and taking it way over the top with it's completely over-blown angle. There's no way this is plausible and is a way to make it feel longer than it really is. This here is a main reason keeping the film down.The Final Verdict: While not the greatest example of this genre, it's still a nice ride for what it is, even if it could've used a little more time. It's creepy enough to give it a look, and fans of this style and genre will want to give it a look, while those not accustomed to this style will want to look at others first before charging into this one.Today's Rating-PG: Mild Violence

MartinHafer This was a truly bizarre little British propaganda film made during the Second World War. It's so odd because it looks initially like a B-movie horror film (with talk about ghosts and headless ghouls walking about), but then unexpectedly becomes an anti-Nazi film about German attempts to destroy tin production in Britain!! Talk about strange plot-twists! However, despite the creativity of the plot, the film has quite a few problems that prevent it from being anything more than a silly time-passer. One problem, and it is relatively minor, is that the whole gimmick of the guy with a hood over his head is just silly. He didn't look all that bad without it and it's frightfully easy to guess what they would do with that character. A much bigger problem is that there really isn't much mystery about the film because it is just way too rushed. The suspense is never given a chance to build and the film makers were obviously too constrained by the unwritten rule that B-movies should be 50-70 minutes long,...period! And in this case, this meant ill-developed plot elements and a way too quickly solved mystery. As a result, the film never really jells into a coherent or memorable film. Nice try, though, but a film that is very skip-able.

telegonus This not perhaps one of the great films but is yet the umpteenth example of how a well-made and nicely acted picture can work wonders even without a particularly outstanding script. A doctor on a walking tour in foggy Cornwall finds himself at a village inn. He has to knock hard to get someone to open the door, and when it does open he is greeted by a man with a black hood over his head. Once inside the stranger meets the customers at the bar, who are the usual dour, sullen, somewhat eccentric British types moviegoers are familiar with thanks to such lively and observant directors as James Whale. Whether such characters have ever existed in the real world is of course irrelevant. The actors are British enough, and the setting sufficiently evocative to satisfy even the most finicky moviegoer. We are in Hollywood's England of the forties, when Brittania ruled with an authority and prestige not seen since, and when dry ice fog and mists suggested a quaint and cozy never-never Albion out of Dickens and Doyle almost as well as the authors themselves had done. One of locals tells the doctor the tale of the headless ghost of Black Morgan, which many believe to still be haunting the village and local mine. For a while, due to the exceptionally suspenseful build-up and clever art direction, one might have expected a werewolf or two to show up before the picture ended. This alas does not happen, and the film, though satisfying in its way, never fulfills the promise of its early, expository scenes.What follows is a mystery, reasonably well done, highly unoriginal, and unworthy of the actors and set designers, who deserved better for their sterling efforts. This film is highly recommended for its atmosphere, though as a story it contains few surprises. Director Ben Stoloff does a commendable job in the dramatic scenes, and has a feel for the nuances of mood in terms of psychology and setting, as the two interact well and properly, as they always should. Leading lady Eleanor Parker handles her generic role quite well and comes close to being convincingly British without any excessive mannerisms. John Loder is decent as the local 'Sir', and the various supporting players are credible if predictable in their routines. Lester Matthews makes a fine Dr. Holmes, and plays his part with an authority and empathy one does not expect in an English actor at this time and in this sort of film. Matt Willis is excellent as the chief suspect. He was always a fine actor, and was never given the parts he deserved in his brief film career. In what one might call the Laird Cregar (or Vincent Price) role he is in his very different way as good as they were, and far more natural. The film's final scenes are badly dated, but overall this is as finely polished a B gem as one can find, and might have been a masterpiece of its kind with a better screenplay.Technically it is a virtuoso piece, suggesting at times Hitchcock, at other times Lang; there's a touch of Val Lewton in the sensitive use of second-hand sets; in its locale, concluding scene and one of its leading actors it is strangely reminiscent of Ford's How Green Was My Valley; and early on it feels like a horror film. Not a bad showing for a little under sixty minutes running time.

Eric Chapman A few chills and some decent atmosphere (atmosphere usually meaning fog) but the modest storyline takes a back seat to war time "rally 'round the troops, boys" sentiment. Seen with that in mind it does possess a certain degree of charm. I like the early shot of the mysterious headless "ghost" wandering through the fog, but it rather quickly becomes apparent that there is a very earth-bound, prosaic explanation. It's all a bit of a mess of course, but quite understandably America and Great Britain had more important things on their mind at the time. Eleanor Parker is porcelain beautiful in one of her early roles.