Tormented (1960) is a fun campy "horror" film by itself, but I highly recommend watching it with commentary by the MST3K robots! In case you don't know about Mystery Science Theatre 3000, it's a program in which two robots and a man watch films of questionable quality and add their own hilarious comments. It's a good way to spend nights with friends when nobody can decide on what to watch.
Tormented is about a jazz musician named Tom, who is being blackmailed by his ex-girlfriend Vi, as he's about to get married to his fiancee Meg. Vi confronts Tom in a lighthouse, and she falls to her death after Tom fails to help save her. So, naturally, as any self-respecting crazy ex would, she haunts him, and his fiancee, and everyone he knows.
As far as B-movies go, this one is actually not too shabby. The fiancee's little sister is really cute, and there's a bit part played by Joe Turkel (AKA Lloyd the bartender from The Shining) as another blackmailer. The frequent appearances by Ghost Vi, looking like a poor man's Marilyn Monroe, are hilarious. Even more hilarious, of course, are the robots watching the film in the MST3K version.
If you've never seen a MST3K movie presentation, this is a good one to start with. It's streamable on Netflix, so get into the fall spirit with some good campy entertainment! You can't go wrong with disembodied heads and hands and craaaazy jazz music!
Here's a "best-of" clip, enjoy!
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