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Post-Halloween spirit still putting chill in air with vintage releases.(Washington Weekend)(Phantom Of The Movies)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 19981112
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It's still Halloween as far as video outlets are concerned, and the archivists at Milestone Film & Video (800/603-1104) keep the spirit alive by issuing "collector's wide-screen editions" of two vintage chillers, The Bat Whispers and Night Tide ($29.95 each).

An old-dark-house mystery drawn from the 1913 play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, 1930's "The Bat Whispers" is elevated visually by director Roland West's wildly inventive camera work, considered years ahead of its time. Future "Boston Blackie" Chester Morris toplines as the titular master criminal "the ...

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