Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

mark.waltz Everything starts off fine in this intriguing, but slow moving moody thriller where a Scottish nobleman (Richard Carlson) abandons fiancee (Veronica Hurst) to take care of business at his ancestor's family home. Out of concern when she doesn't hear from him, Hurst and aunt Katherine Emery head there, are given an unwarm welcome, but stay on anyway where a horrific sight has Emery in shock. Being locked in at night and warned to stay away from the castle's humongous maze, Hurst gets a letter to friends of hers and Carlson's who show up to help her discover what the secret of the castle is, leading to an absurd revelation that had me in stitches and grateful that I wasn't drinking anything at the time.Made at the height of the 3-D phase, this seemed to have everything going for it, featuring a moody atmosphere, a brooding Heathcliff like hero and a heroine at risk for the old agenda of curiosity killing the cat. It combines elements of pretty much every gothic melodrama ever written or filmed, with the entrance to a second wing adding moody mystery a la "Jane Eyre" and "Rebecca", yet never landing at any suspense when Hurst makes her way there. A scene in a hidden passage behind the curtain in Hurst's room made me roll my eyes when she walked in and didn't immediately run when seeing a giant bat heading towards her. In the last reveal when the secret of the castle is revealed, I began to feel like I was watching a live "Scooby Doo" episode with how absurd the plot took place. To make matters worse, Emery's elegant aunt provides an epilogue that will have you shaking your head in disbelief. Perhaps it had audiences enthralled in 3-D, but overall, it's basically flat and lifeless.

Hitchcoc The idiotic conclusion to this film ruins all the work that went into a pretty well paced and presented horror film. I mean, even the dumb amphibian thing could have been done in a better way. I mean, did he have to be a big bullfrog? There are other issues at work here. First of all, the spoiled tiresome people who are at the center of this thing are insufferable. They are non-productive stuffed shirts, full of themselves and do nothing. One of them is a doctor, I guess. They make cutesy remarks and tell tired jokes. Then there's the young woman who can't take no for an answer. She has not an ounce of respect for the guy she feels she is saving. Then there is the big secret. Why did this guy feel he needed to stay there and throw his life away, lurking in the hallways with those servants. And tell me if I missed something. Why did he age? If the maze was the cause, what exactly is in the maze. Everyone else runs around in it. I have limited writing ability, but I would bet you that I could rewrite three or four scenes, change the creature, and make this a nice horror/mystery movie. Did anyone say when it was over that it was just plain ridiculous. One last thing. The Aunt that narrates this insults our intelligence by explaining everything to us. Maybe the screenwriter could have done that.

Prichards12345 I've docked two stars from this film for what must surely be one of the silliest endings in horror movies - and that's saying something! This is up there with the climax of Night Monster for sheer cheek, but for around an hour this is an absorbing and atmospheric Gothic drama.Richard Carlson, always a welcome presence, plays the heir to a Scottish laird called away from his pre-nuptial holidays in the South of France by some strange emergency at his ancestral home - a rambling castle he hasn't visited in years. Promising to return to his fiancé as soon as he can, he then does a disappearing act, before writing a mysterious note telling his beau she's the next Jennifer Anniston! Naturally she doesn't take kindly to this, and with Aunt in tow (you can tell this was made in the pre-rock and roll era - the leads would be groovy teenagers if this had been made in 1958) she undertakes the trip to the castle, where the sinister servants and her one-time love are acting all mysterious....The Maze of the title is a part of the castle grounds, and seems to hold the key to the mystery. What are those strange slopping sounds heard in the night? Why must everyone be locked up in their rooms at a certain time each evening? The answer, when it comes, proves to be hilarious. MAJOR SPOILER HERE. Er, it turns out to be a 200 year-old frog, who happens to be one Sir Roger! A deformed ancestor who has an extended life, is very shy and retiring and yet cultured. (come off it, guys he's a frog!) The minute he's discovered Sir Rodg takes a great froggy leap through a window to his doom. You might say he croaked! Cue Carlson's laugh-out loud explanation for the mysterious events...All I can say is they must have some sizable insect life in the Scottish Highlands to keep Kermit, er, Sir Roger, well-fed. Okay, I fess up. It's a bloke in a frog suit....There's one great Lovecraftian shot of the frog fumbling about in the darkness which is genuinely creepy, though. And if you can get past The Muppet Show explanation you might like it.

Hollywoodshack William Cameron Menzies was best known as set designer for Gone With the Wind. His fifties output was often sci-fi pictures like Invaders From Mars. Here, the 3-D photography is somehow supposed to add excitement while the mystery plows along about why Richard Carlson is hiding out in a dark castle he inherited and refusing to marry his intended bride. What is hiding in the backyard maze, and why won't he allow anyone to enter it? Some scenes are tossed in just to remind us we're in a 3-D movie, like acrobats performing for the engagement party and bats flying toward us. Menzies mostly relies on staircases and furniture posts while the dialog drags along. The giant amphibian that seems to be the source of everyone's fright or cover-up will have you laughing hard. I tried 3-D glasses but could only see the title letters and a few opening scenes on my TV in 3-D.