Not so much a review as a few rambling thoughts.
Recently I've found the show Who Dunit Theater, mostly on the Retro TV channel. Now I'm not including the show in my usual horror host review since the movies featured are of the mystery type. Each week Spurlock (Leo Barron Hicks) introduces the viewer to a classic mystery, featuring such sleuths as Sherlock Holmes, Dick Tracy, Charlie Chan, and more.
Best way to sum the show up: Bless its heart.
I mean the idea of a mystery film host is different enough to stand out and a thousand kudos for that. That would be the pro. For the con?
Spurlock is credited as Spurlock Holmes in the credits yet in the show? Spurlock Jones. So if he's supposed to be the older brother of Sherlock I figure that makes him not quite two hundred years old. Is he sleeping in honey?
Plus the show is cheap. Aside from the Holmes/Jones snafu Spurlock never actually introduces the film and usually only plug the show's sponsor, so there is a sense that they only shot ten minutes of footage. I've seen YouTube shows with bigger and better production values. The set is also cheap. There's a deerstalker but the rest of the set looks like a morning talk show on a UHF station, plus it looks the same for other show from the same producers. Not saying they should spend a million an episode but couldn't they have made it look like a PI's office? Maybe add a filing cabinet or a door with a name written on it?
Not the worse thing online and it is a treat seeing the old Lugosi thrillers again but if they had just put a bit more polish the show could really have been great.
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