Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

LeonLouisRicci Sometimes Stylish Director Max Nosseck made this the Same Year as His Celebrated Lawrence Tierney Film-Noir, Dillinger. This One has its Moments and is a Serviceable and Above Average Thriller.The Setting is London, During the War and Much is Made of Blackouts, Coupons, and Uniforms. There are Dead Flyer Brothers that Lead to Family Deceptions and All Sorts of Odd Things. It is an Air-Raid's Falling Debris that Sends Celebrated Stage Actor John Loder into an Amnesiatic Frenzy of Schizophrenia.That is the Premise and it is Played Out with the Beginning and Ending Acts that are the Best. It Meanders a Bit in the Middle with a Romantic Sub-Plot with an American Serviceman and some Forced Comedy about American Slang, but it Manages to Keep its Footing for the Final Curtain.Overall, Worth a Watch for the Life During Wartime Setting and a Few Directorial Touches. There are some Tense Murders and it is Atmospheric in Spots. Recommended for Fans of B-Movies and Thrillers, also for those that Like a Bit of a Twist in Movie Murder Sprees.

sol ***SPOILERS*** It was the strange combination of playing the murderous Edward Gray in the play the "Brighton Strangler" for 300 straight performances and getting hit on the head by falling debris when a Luftaffa bomb hit the London theater he was performing at ,the Mayfair,that caused actor Reginald Parker, John Loder, to completely lose it. The poor chap started to actually believe that he in fact was the "Brighton Strangler" and in that went out of his way,in far of Brighton, to do his 301th performance as the fictitious killer Edward Gray. But this time it was not an act on Parkers part but the real thing with real victims as well!Predictable since you've seen it all before in Parker playing the "Brighton Srangler" on the stage at the very beginning of the movie and knowing, by Parker telegraphing it all in advance , whats going to happen well before it does in the film! Of course no one really knows what Parker, or Edward Gray as he calls himself, is planning since his play "The Brighton Strangler" wasn't that well know,like say "Hamlet", in Brighton England so his crimes there weren't at first connected with him.It was in London pub when US Army Air Force Let. Bob Carson, Michael St. Angel, saw a poster of the play "The Brighton Strangler" with Parker's photo that he realized that the guy was the person he entrusted to be with his fiancée British WACK April Manby, June Duprez, back in Brighton while he was on his way to the front to battle the Nazis over the skies of Europe! With Gray or Parker going through the numbers,by following the "Brighton Strangler" scrip, and murdering Brighton's Mayor Herman Clive, Ion Wolf, and top cop Inspector W.R. Allison, Milles Mander, that only thing left for him was to finish off Miss Mamby to end his charade as the "Brighton Strangler" and finally call it quits.***SPOILERS*** Somewhat off the wall ending with the deranged Parker's girlfriend, who at first thought that he didn't surviver the Luftwaffe bombing, getting everyone in the movie to applaud her boyfriend's performance just as he was about to strangle April that cause him to lose his concentration and blow his big scene. Parker in him seeing what a good job of acting he did,by all the applause he got, stops strangling April and takes a bow thus falling to his death, backwards, off the roof of the hotel by not realizing how close he was to the ledge of the building! Luckily for April her murder was supposed to take place on New Years Eve which gave her and her fiancée Bob just enough time to come to her rescue! In that when Parker had a chance to murder her earlier in the movie he noticed that Big Ben wasn't ringing in the New Year and then stopped and waited for the right moment, midnight December 31th, for him to murder her!

Spikeopath During WW II as one of the Luftwafte air raids hits London, Reginald Parker, a successful actor, is knocked out and heavily concussed. Upon awaking he believes himself to be Edward Grey, the notorious Brighton Strangler he has been portraying on the stage!Clocking in at just 67 minutes, The Brighton Strangler just about has enough time to get in and do it's job excellently. Something of an under seen gem, it's a film that has enough creepy menace about it to reward the black and white thriller fan. Boasting excellent sets, some very neat camera work from director Max Nosseck and a fabulous lead performance from John Loder, I personally feel that it deserves to be seen by more people. Typically it's a picture that rarely gets aired on British TV, and when it does it's sadly tucked away on BBC 2 at some ungodly hour in the AM. Until film's like this get decent exposure from our TV schedulers then they are going to remain criminally under seen. So keep your eyes out for this one, the formula may now be seen as old hat, but transport yourself back to 1945, out in the London smog and be wary of that hatted man coming towards you.........8/10

Chris Gaskin The Brighton Strangler is another movie that BBC2 shown in the early hours over Christmas/New Year 2005-06 and I was certainly glad I taped this.An actor who plays the part of The Brighton Strangler in the play of the same name is knocked unconscious by rubble during an air raid and has a memory lapse. When he wakes up, he thinks he is in the play and heads for Brighton instead of Canterbury, where he is meant to go. In Brighton, he starts strangling people including the Mayor and Chief Inspector. Police catch up with him in the end and realise what's happened to him.The Brighton Strangler is rather eerie in parts, especially the nighttime scenes.The cast includes John Loder in the title role and Jane Duprez, Ian Wolfe.Watch this if you get the chance. Very eerie and obscure little movie.Rating: 3 stars out of 5.