Plot: A female body is found in the home of Dr. Chaleck. Inspector Juve is put on the case, and he immediately suspects this is the work of Fantomas, who is still at large. With Fandor, an interested journalist, Juve tracks Chaleck as he moves through Paris. When they board a train, they're attacked by Fantomas' henchmen.
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August 01, 2025
Compared to some of Feuillade's other films, the films in the Fantomas series are relatively short, but maybe that's just the format they've been distributed in (because his longer films are usually split into different episodes too). Despite this being only 60 minutes, it still felt overly long and unengaging.
I found the soundtrack grating and the chase between a policeman and a criminal uninteresting. These films are also way too narrative-focused for my taste, which isn't great for a form of cinema that relies on intertitles to drive the plot. I can see how these films earned their place in history, but I had to slog through them.