Passing Clouds (1940)

A rare British ghost film that is for the most part, a dull mannered story of love across the classes rendered by death. The love lorn young man then turns to spritiualism to contact his working class ex-fiance. The film is rather static and the story fairly slow. Later when the man is possessed the film is slightly more horrific with one genuinely chilling moment as he laughs insanely off camera. His possessed grimacing is quite effective but the film does not build to anything and in the end he is redeemed within second through the power of love. All rather sickly in the end and any atmosphere that had built up is dissolved through this. The film is noticeable for a very early appearance by comedy great Irene Handel (still looking old even then). Overall, a disappointment and worth watching only on a rainy, bored afternoon. 4/10.

Special Thanks to Mark Coyle for this Movie Review.