An appropriately spooky and atmospheric adaptation of the Pushkin short story, with extra material added to layer in the characters and plot developments. It's a fun little film that has much in common with both the Ealing classic DEAD OF NIGHT and the films of Val Lawton - it's slow-paced and engrossing; nothing much happens explicitly, and there's a real sense of impending doom over the whole thing. The cast is particularly good at bringing the given material to life too.
Review of The Queen of Spades
