Atmospheric reworking of the Hound of the Baskervilles starring Rathbone and Bruce. This was our Halloween viewing as neither of us fancied a straight out horror. This is a hugely nostalgic film for me as it evokes BBC showings of the series back in 1980s and watching them on our small black and white TV. Viewing it on our projector recently was obviously rather different!What I found extraordinary was that I'd quite forgotten the majority of the plot and only one or two scenes gave me vague feelings of deja vu. I think I'm long overdue a rewatch of the rest of the series.
This adventure is probably one of the better ones as it's an original tale which while being set in the modern days of 1940s, Holmes and Watson aren't being compelled to help with the war effort. Further, no one has gone overboard with the makeup, given Rathbone a distracting hair style and the script isn't too abusive to Watson. The remote Canadian village location also adds a certain timeless quality which while you couldn't mistake it for nowadays, it could easily be more period accurate for Holmes.
Verdict: Top tier Rathbone & Bruce.
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