The non-stop, harum-scarum farce skewered many institutions, including psychiatry, the sterile field of science, the police, and high-society upper classes.Ratha in his limousine.He left Gwen and headed there.A monstrous reptilian creature, Connors transformed into a giant, nine-foot, villainous and destructive Lizard-man, was searching cars...then he""s still there."Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The film was filled with horror-film cliches, such as spooky music (screeching violins similar toPsycho""s and Bernard Hermann""s soundtrack), false alarms, crazed characters, red herrings, dead phone lines, sex before death, cat-and-mouse style killings, premonitions of terror, subjective ("point-of-view") camera work stalkings, a terrific rainstorm, the concluding boo-moment (similar toCarrie (1976)), a Friday the 13th full-moon, etc.The groom [McCrea 1] is still dressing during his taxi ride and on his way down the aisle.He and the bride [Colbert 2] meet at the altar and smile lovingly at each other.There""s another shot of the unconscious maid on the floor.The camera pulls back.The marriage ceremony recedes into the background.The camera moves past two framed, clear-glass itle cards with cloudy white letters, foretelling the expected romantic formula:and they lived happily ever after." He quickly confronts them with their snobbishness and refuses to ""naturally"" help subsidize their annual deficit: "Excuse me, gentlemen, there""s nothing natural about that.