Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed

Original title: Le mort qui tue

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Fantômas: The Dead Man Who Killed (1913)

After a body disappears from inside the prison, a series of crimes take place, all seemingly by the dead man. With Juve presumed dead, Fandor must investigate alone. Will Fantômas finally be... Read allAfter a body disappears from inside the prison, a series of crimes take place, all seemingly by the dead man. With Juve presumed dead, Fandor must investigate alone. Will Fantômas finally be brought to justice?After a body disappears from inside the prison, a series of crimes take place, all seemingly by the dead man. With Juve presumed dead, Fandor must investigate alone. Will Fantômas finally be brought to justice?

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6.9/10

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- 1 nomination total

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In Fantomas' hideout, the door to the room into which Thomery is bundled opens inwards, with a wall to the left of the door. However, for the scenes shot in the room, the door opens outwards, and the wall is to the other side of the door. However, they did get the distinctive wallpaper right.

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Followed by Fantomas: The Mysterious Finger Print (1914)

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8/10

The "Fantomas" Saga Goes On...

In this third installment of the "Fantomas" film serial, things seem to take a much darker turn. While the previous two installment certainly have their darker moments, this film has a much darker overall tone for a majority of its running time.

While I must admit that I found "Juve Against Fantomas" to be more entertaining and, therefore, better, "The Dead Man Who Killed" definitely had the most interesting story out of all the "Fantomas" films that I've seen so far. A lot of people consider this to be the best film of the "Fantomas" serial, but I must yet again say that I prefer "Juve Against Fantomas" based on the sheer amount of entertainment value and memorability that that film presented me with.

I have to refrain from giving this addition to the series a 10, even though it is quite excellent, just because I found it to be a bit too slow in parts to get that high a rating. But even if it is slow at times there's still plenty of excitement and suspense throughout the film, as well as an engaging mystery.