The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mystery · Thriller · Horror · 1959
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Movie details
The Hound of the Baskervilles
“The Most Horror-Dripping TALE EVER WRITTEN!”
1959 Mystery · Thriller · Horror 1h 27m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Hound of the Baskervilles?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Terence Fisher
Written by
Peter Bryan
Peter Cushing
Sherlock Holmes
André Morell
Doctor Watson
Christopher Lee
Sir Henry Baskerville
Marla Landi
Cecile Stapleton
David Oxley
Sir Hugo Baskerville
Francis de Wolff
Dr. Richard Mortimer
M
Miles Malleson
Bishop Frankland
Court is in session
Put The Hound of the Baskervilles on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.