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Dark Corners Reviews finds murder in a serpent's feather

Robin Bailes revisits George Zucco's The Flying Serpent, with a fictional dating-app detour along the way.

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Before Q there was The Flying Serpent, 1946

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0:26Forbes discovers Montezuma's treasure and uses Quetzalcoatl to protect his secret.
1:17Bailes inserts a fictional dating-app sketch called Twitcher.
3:41The review connects the creature's screaming attacks with Bela Lugosi's The Devil Bat.
4:29Radio host Richard Thorpe investigates the murders and broadcasts his speculative theories.
6:33Planted feathers attract the creature to Forbes's intended victims.
9:29The closing comparison turns to Q: The Winged Serpent.

George Zucco's archaeologist has found an unusually convenient murder weapon: plant a feather on someone and let Quetzalcoatl do the rest. That is the grisly machinery behind "Before Q there was The Flying Serpent, 1946", Dark Corners Reviews' only new upload of the week, which has drawn about 23,000 views.

Robin Bailes follows the treasure-protecting scientist through a succession of suspicious deaths, then turns to a radio host who investigates by broadcasting his theories. There is also a sponsor-style sketch for an invented dating app called Twitcher, not a real advertising break. Graham Trelfer directs and edits this excursion into PRC's low-budget monster cinema.

The feather has given viewers plenty to work with. Comments connect its targeting mechanism to M. R. James's Casting the Runes, while others make winged-serpent puns or compare the film with Larry Cohen's Q: The Winged Serpent. The review itself draws a connection to Bela Lugosi's The Devil Bat, including its screaming attacks.

Elsewhere, "Hammer's The Abominable Snowman - 4K Collector's Edition" is the channel's busiest individual video for daily views. Its Himalayan expedition, starring Peter Cushing, pits scientific curiosity against a showman's wish to exploit the Yeti. It is currently attracting roughly twice the daily views of the new serpent review.

Subscribers held steady, while daily channel views are comfortably above their usual level. Weekly viewing sits in similar territory to Dave Lee Down Under and THG Fansite; The Rest Is Entertainment has a much larger weekly audience. For Dark Corners Reviews, the enduring attraction stretches beyond this month's monsters: "The Man Who Laughs: The Forgotten Universal Classic" is now close to a million views.

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Queue the winged serpent: it doesn’t mind waiting in line.
@markiangooleySee it on YouTube
The use of the feather to target the victim is reminiscent of the use of runes in the short story by M R James “The Casting of the Runes”, the basis of the film “Night of the Demon”.
@alasdairwatson712See it on YouTube
The Flying Serpent. Original title of Snakes on a Plane.
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Half bird, half reptile = dinosaur
@garycook5071See it on YouTube
I prefer Q: The Winged Serpent. A Quetzalcoatl story just doesn't hit right unless it's part of an NYPD investigation.
@ianmcnulty799See it on YouTube
The film uses the same music cues as "The Devil Bat". That could add to the confusion that this film was a Devil Bat remake. George Zucco always added a bit of class to any film he was in.
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