Mysterious F.
5Oct11
I agree. A lot of great scenes, but somehow the overall movie isn't great.
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Dave
5Oct11
As big of a Fuller fan as I am, I most want to praise the work of DP Stanley Cortez. This is a very good Fuller film, but I can think of a handful of his other efforts that I prefer.
A Serious Man Who Wasn't There
25Sep11
It would be great it it were a book, I guess. Everything inside the asylum seems to happen in a schematic way, functioning only for the purpose of resolving a constructed narrative. Also, no feeling of time passing while trapped in a mental hospital, it's really never suffocating or scary in any sense - at least for me. It may be bold for the concept, but that alone has no effect.
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Drew Gregory
3Aug11
I finally own this masterpiece of a film! I can't wait to rewatch it. It's been years.
Hidden Behind the Screen
19Jul11
This film sparked my quest to see every Sam Fuller movie. That final scene with the rain is utterly electrifying.
Gary Wood
16May11
“Whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad.” -Euripides, 425 B.C.; quotes Sam Fuller in his opening and closing of Shock Corridor; a sentiment that surely could have been the mantra of Fuller’s predecessors, Conrad and Hemingway; leading men, equal parts brave and naive, into the darkest corners, in search of something, material and/or spiritual; only to be irreparably damaged.
Hayley M Cameron
31Mar11
a surprising and underrated film - mad, visually lush, brilliant acting, social critique but not dry......some amazingly well angled scenes.
Michael Gildea
25Jan11
Shock Corridor is amazing as it is underrated. Samuel Fuller's direction is as superb as the script is genius. Fuller's full of tricks and so many of the scenes walk the fine line between random (the impromptu opera performance) and horrifying (the race riot.) I saw this a few years ago and was absolutely blown away. I watched it again last night and loved it even more...
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Hideous Bitch Princess
10Aug10
For the second time this week, I've logged onto the site with the specific task in mind of posting a quote from a film on it's wall, only to find that the person directly below me just posted the same exact quote. I'm going to need to reevaluate my entire life.
Xurxo G Penalta
28Jun10
opens great, as a noir film from the 40s but it was made on the 60s/ then it goes into a hard to top infantile portrayal of mental patients... some probably found insulting/ the exaggerate representation of the different illnesses lend to some film experimentation that is interesting in very few cases/ acting is so over the top it's hard to see as credible/ i prefer the cuckoo's nest with which it has a lot in common
Xurxo G Penalta
28Jun10
opens great, as a noir film from the 40s but it was made on the 60s then it goes into a hard to top infantile portrayal of mental patients... some probably found insulting the exaggerate representation of the different illnesses lend to some film experimentation that is interesting in very few cases acting is so over the top it's hard to not see as credible i prefer the cuckoo's nest with which it has a lot in common
(Queen of the Mods)
19Dec09
this movie has THE greatest psycho rant scene. that kkk black guy was mindblowing.
Keagan Brooks
14Jan09
Very bold visuals and interesting story make this piece well worth checking out.