I viewed the condensed, ninety-minute version of this story, and while I appreciated the main villain, I believe it would have been more effective as a twelve-part series with a week’s pause between each episode—allowing time to look forward to what was coming and perhaps put the previous one behind. The plot revolves around an underhanded scientist who intends to take possession of a machine capable of disrupting ne…

I consider myself fortunate to have experienced this film when it first came out on the big screen. It affected me so profoundly that I’ve acquired multiple versions on DVD over time, and I've been searching for years to locate or recreate the Ghost’s costume. Even now, his appearance during a storm sends shivers down my spine! It's wonderful filmmaking from the 1940s serial era. Apparently, it was also the most c…