Edgar G. Ulmer's classic genre films continues with this fabled film noir. "Strange Illusion is another stylish low-budget feature directed by Edgar G. Ulmer," writes Carl Macek in Silver & Ward's indispensable guide Film Noir, "The most interesting aspect of the film rests in its updating of Hamlet, complete with a message from beyond the grave and the faked insanity, into contemporary thriller. The asylum sequences are controlled visions of chaos and corruption, a mental hell sardonically defined by Ulmer." A Poverty Row suspense classic as only Ulmer made 'em.