Ulmer.Its heme of the horrors of war would be echoed in his later films.He was obviously influenced by his previous work with German director F.W.Murnau (and his filmNosferatu (1922)), and by Fritz Lang""s filmMetropolis (1927).Art-deco sets by art director Charles D.Hall, and stark B/W photography by John Mescall evoke the proper atmosphere.Some reviewers have considered it thefirstAmerican psychological horror film, with dark sexual repression, twisted relationships, and aberrant behavior (Satanism (devil worship), black mass orgies, necrophilia, pedophilia, sadistic revenge, murder and incest).While the elevator ascends, the camera pans up the length of his body, and catches him looking down at the two caged creatures and then pans over to her ense, bird-like posture.After the clock spins from 3:40 am [an obvious discontinuity problem] to 8:00 am, the pool attendant opens the venetian blinds and floods the room with bright sunlight - Fats winces and orders: "Will you cut that sunshine out?" By breakfast time, Eddie is ahead - they have accumulated "eleven thousand, four hundred cash, here and in my pocket" according to Charlie, who insists: "The pool game is over.All is at peace, the calm of the glory days of the Old South.Pennsylvanians Phil and Tod Stoneman visit their boarding-school friends, the tolerant slave-owning Camerons, in Piedmont, South Carolina.B.Davidson) - he one in the crowd who had earlier flashed his expensive ring at her.He claims that she is different.She replies: "Anything different always costs more, but it""s worth it." Tira asks him how many times he has been married.When he replies five times, this causes her to react:Tira: Five times!...Wedding bells must sound like an alarm clock to you.The Chump: I don""t suppose you believe in marriage, do you?Tira: Only as a last resort...What do you do for a livin""?The Chump: Oh, uh, sort of a politician.Tira: I don""t like work either.The Chump: Oh, you know I like to get around and travel, and believe me, I""ve been places and seen things.