Review of The Maze

I respect William Cameron Menzies for his work on Gone With The Wind and Invaders From Mars, but this movie fell flat. The castle sets look dull and uninteresting, nowhere near the level of, say, the sets in the Universal horror classics from the 30s and 40s. The title implies that "the Maze" is integral to the plot. It isn't. Substitute ANY hidden area or locked room and the plot doesn't change at all. I was also annoyed at the "Gerald ages 20 years" aspect. We are never told WHY. One might have inferred that the Maze had some mystical property that caused the aging, but once again, the Maze comes up as a nonessential prop.

When the big mystery is revealed, it looks laughably silly. I give this four stars mainly because of the beauty and style of Veronica Hurst, who comes across as an English version of Grace Kelly.