Paul Martin Most everyone here hit the nail on the head. This is an old movie, and old horror film with all its rudimentary effects and style. This includes good acting and other good things too!Personally, I am not fond of horror movies anymore, and really not fond of old horror movies anymore! I used to like them to some degree, but lost my taste for horror movies some years back, even new ones. That said, I do enjoy 3D films, especially ones that are done well. And this is one of the finest 3D films I have seen! I don't know how it was shot so well, but I would love to know, as this was done even better than most of the newer 3D movies I have seen. I would have liked more well done pop-out (not eye-crossing, blurry, cheesy effects), but in spite of the lack of this, the scenes have really good 3D effects as others have mentioned. The movie had very few "flat" shots, and most scenes had really nice 3D to them. So much so that this movie deserves to be in every 3D collection. If more modern 3D movies were shot more like this one is, 3D wouldn't be in the jeopardy it is. Having shot some amateur 3D video myself, I find the technical side of 3D to be very interesting, an art in itself. It is really too bad it is lacking in many of today's 3D movies. My rating is 4 for the story, a 3 for the "costume/effects", 6 for the acting and 7 for set design (which I believe affected the 3D in a positive way), and a 9 for the 3D. (It would have had a 10 from me, if good "in the living-room"/in front of the screen 3D effects had been shot.) I highly recommend it to those who appreciate good 3D. Just keep in mind, it IS an old horror type movie!

kennethfrankel I realize that many estates had mazes in the past. Some might have had a pond or pool in the center. OK. I don't want to say too much about the lord of the manor. It was briefly stated that the only pleasure he had was swimming in the pool in the center of the maze. OK. Why couldn't a pool be made near the castle? We all seem to get caught up with the mysteries. It could have a wall around it and be hidden from view. It seems to be a long trip to the maze center - good exercise, maybe. Perhaps an indoor pool could have been constructed. Time and money do not seem to matter.

redwriteandblue A lot of "B-movie" SF/horror films of the 1950's are known for their cheesy monsters, cheap sets, and mediocre acting ... that all still works, somehow, to make up for an entertaining film that often becomes a "guilty pleasure". Such is the case for most of THE MAZE, a oddball of a film, originally shot in 3D and released in 1953, that starts off with plenty of mood and atmosphere. Kitty (Veronica Hurst) is a very attractive, upper-class blonde English gal who is engaged to the handsome, lively and upbeat Gerald (Richard Carlson) - who, just prior to their wedding, has to make an emergency trip back to Scotland when his uncle passes away. Soon after his departure, Kitty receives a note from him, breaking off the engagement and saying that Gerald is remaining in Scotland. Disturbed and worried, Kitty ventures with her Aunt Edith (Katherine Emery, who also sporadically narrates the film) to Scotland and one hell of a creepy, moody castle with even creepier, moodier servants. Worse still, Gerald is not only angry and insolent that they've come, he's also lost all his vitality and happiness ... and appears to have aged twenty years from when Kitty last saw him only weeks ago. There's something weird going on here, and it all centers around a huge hedge maze that sits just outside the castle walls. Entrance to it is forbidden, and one of the provisions of Kitty and Edith's continuing to stay (Kitty hoping for a way to help Gerald) is that they must be locked in their rooms every night - leading to more weirdness, as Kitty notices/hears something heavy being dragged past her door in the middle of the night (among other strange occurrences). Everything in the film builds up to the maze, and the secret Gerald and the castle's servants are hiding there - and the movies does its job well in building up a sense of foreboding and suspense ... only to end in one of the dippiest, most lame endings that almost spoils the entire experience of watching the film. So although I had some fun with most of it, the "WTF" of an ending in no way lived up to all that had gone before.

innocuous "The Maze" is a lot of fun and a great example of a certain type of B-movie. It has remained firmly stuck in my mind for two reasons:First, the ending is just totally bizarre and out of left-field. Some of the other reviewers have mentioned it, but I don't really think that they have conveyed just out strange it is. I never saw it coming. It's also hilarious, though the movie plays the situation with a straight face.Second, once the movie ended (and it actually wraps up very quickly once the "solution" is presented), I could not help but start thinking about what had been said. For one thing, the Baronet describes the original master (who is basically a 203-year-old giant frog...seriously...not somebody with a frog-like face, but a real frog) as enjoying the chance to take off his cloak and swim in the pond. The whole frog with a cloak image still sticks in my mind. Then there's the question of how the frog manages to convey his wishes to the servants and his heirs, since he apparently runs the place. And why do the heirs all die at a relatively young age? The stress of caring for their great-great-great-grandfrog? Inquiring minds like mine want to know. In short, this film leave a lot of unanswered questions. Don't miss it.