Tuesday's Overlooked Films: Shock Starring Vincent Price

This above average 70-minute film noir from 1946 stars a very young Vincent Price. The plot starts off promising enough. Price kills his wife, and a young lady witnesses the murder take place at the hotel. She falls into a shocked catatonic state when her husband just back from the war finally meets her. Price who plays a deranged shrink offers to care for her at his private mental hospital while he schemes up a way to keep her silent on the murder she's seen Price commit. Lots of scenes are shot inside of Price's nuthouse, a favorite setting in these movies I've noticed. Seeing the docs smoking cigars while discussing their patients is definitely from a different era. Maybe Shock is more of a horror film. The camera work is edgy and shadowy, the script okay. The talented Lynn Bari plays a greedy femme fatale although I wished she had a meatier role. If you like Vincent Price, and I generally do, Shock might be worth checking out. 6.5/10.0 is what I give it. You can view it online at YouTube.