'Strange Illusion' is another stylish low-budget feature directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, writes Carl Macek in Silver & Ward's indispensable guide Film Noir, The most interesting aspect of the film rests in its updating of 'Hamlet,' complete with a message from beyond the grave and the faked insanity, into contemporary thriller. The asylum sequences are controlled visions of chaos and corruption, a mental hell sardonically defined by Ulmer. A Poverty Row suspense classic as only Ulmer made 'em.
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Length: 01:26:00 Posted: 4/14/2008
