I think the premise of the cliffhanger leading into this week’s chapter is a bit silly. I mean sure, it makes sense for Matson to try and hide the identity of the scarab in context of the story, but we’ve known his identity since the first chapter! Also, I deduct a point for having 2 “Gail in Peril” cliffhangers in a row. Let’s just call a spade a spade and enjoy chapter 10! It’s interesting to note that on my copy of this film, chapter 10 has the title for Return of Captain America, the re-release. I’m not sure why this is. The original title card could have been lost, or the people who made the VHS this comes from didn’t care about consistency. At any rate, it’s an interesting bit of trivia!

Now we’re down to my favorite part, the supplemental material. This week, we have the lobby card for The Avenging Corpse. You know, looking at this one, I got the notion that the movie companies should try serializing movies in this day and age. It’d be something “new” and exciting. The studios wouldn’t necessarily have to have limited budgets, either. You could build word of mouth buzz and get people coming back to the theater week after week. Also, filmmakers who want to make 4-hour long epics could conceivably do so. It’s much easier to keep the attention of an audience for a half hour at a time, rather than in one big burst. It’ll probably never happen, but I dare to dream. See you next week!