My take: Don’t bother watching this movie. It’s corny and the ending is not worth it.
Rating: 1 out of 4 stars
The Maze is a mystery-style movie from 1953. It’s got all the elements (read: cliches) of a mystery thriller from the era:
- An old castle in the middle of nowhere
- A young, blonde and naive lady who is going to get to the bottom of the mystery because she’s in love
- An old, wise aunt in the style of an Agatha Christie novel or Murder She Wrote
- Strange noises and lights in the night
The blonde and her aunt wandering about in The Maze.
While I usually go all-in for these tropes of the era, in this movie it simply did not work, and it is entirely due to the ending. I don’t want to ruin it for you, but I can tell you that it is not worth your time unless you are drinking heavily with friends who like to heckle bad films. Then it might be good. I’m honestly surprised I haven’t seen this one while watching Mystery Science Theater 3000.
You can find the movie easily online, if you happen to like bad movies from the 1950s. Even the trailer for the movie is unbelievably cheesy:
“We think The Maze will amaze you!” It did not.
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