Tormented - Bert I. Gordon - 1960 - Unexpected Hipster #6

This one isn't a very good one either but the character of Nick The Blackmailer is actually the guy who reminded me of the rebop scene in The Wild One which led me to come up with this idea of unexpected hipsters. After watching Tormented I started actively looking for these guys in all kinds of movies and found many many better examples than this one, but I thought I should give old Nick his due for being the catalyst. Nick doesn't give any long jive talking speeches, he sticks to mild understandable slang like calling everyone "dad", remarking on "dad's cool pad" and things like that, but he is very capably played by Joe Turkel who is probably the most believable actor in this film.

Tormented is a perfect example of 50's drive-in horror films and one that I would recommend at that. The story of a man whose ex lover falls to her death and then comes back to haunt him as he is about to get married. Directed by Bert I. Gordon, you can expect all kinds of special effects which many call cheesy but I think they work quite well, given the restrictions of budget and time, I think Gordon always did remarkably well with his effects and even blazed a trail for effects artists to come.

"This is a swell pad, dad."

"Say, dad, what did you say was the handle of the cat that's gettin' spliced ?"