The Secret of the Loch (1934)

PRESS

1934

Picturegoer vol.4 no.184 (1 December 1934) p.28 (UK)
"Under-water sequences depicting the 'monster' as a species of overgrown and not particularly terrifying iguana are neatly devised and form key for the best part of the picture. But Milton Rosmer's direction takes an unconscionably long time to get to the brute and the point. The director has, in fact, relied too much on stage methods to tell his story which is confined to interior sets infested with characters one never sees outside the theatre." - uncredited

Cinema Film Booking and Ready Reference Guide 3rd Quarter 1934 p.34 (UK)
"Eerie depiction of divers' endeavours to plumb depths of submarine cave, and sinister behaviour of Loch's fishy resident (...) Under-water sequences, with ultimate glimpse of monster well devised, provide eerie interludes. Seymour Hicks not very impressive as crazy professor, with very unacademic colleagues, tending to theatricalism at times. Fair dialogue. Scenic background hardly exploited to advantage. Story in general does not rise to very mature heights, but fantastic nature of subject, plus topical angle, ensures adequate entertainment of appeal to definitely popular and unsophisticated audiences." - A.F.

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