(Big 3 006, 1941)
The Monster, while an imposing figure engaged in some extremely villainous and questionable activities - kidnapping wealthy young women from some sort of summer camp - ultimately fails to satisfy.
And here is exactly why: this is the kind of story that benefits from a bit of mystery: a red herring or two; a few suspects - but this George Benson guy not only is the singular suspect but has spent twenty-plus years saying things like "you will live to regret the day" and trying to ruin the lives of the woman who turned him down, the man she chose over him and their child. Worst of all, the inciting incident that lead to him dressing up in orange jodhpurs and a stupid mask is him pursuing the affections of the child and very reasonably being turned down for being an old creep (to be clear, she is an adult at the time. He is just a double or even triple adult).
He doesn't even have the dignity to get killed at the end. Just a sad old spiteful creep in a mask.
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