Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

This is a really good episode of this franchise: it used to be a classic french comedy for family but i see now that my nephews find it lame. Honestly they lack taste because here the production is top notch to build the mythic Scottish land of ghosts! In addition, the story is really funny and mischievous especially with Fufu being afraid of ghosts that don't exist! At last, Fantomas is the type of villain as good as Darth Vader: evil, scary look, 100% serious and very pompous. So you are really into this strange land and you are gripped by its mystery and fun!!

This has intrigue in the Scottish castles and woodlands and some freaky sort of turnabouts.

Well, I recall this one as sort of a Faydeau farce. The first two ('Fantomas' in 1964 and 'Fantomas Returns' the following year) were authentic French action adventure dramas created in direct competition to the 007 craze then sweeping France. They had James Bondish plots with a great deal of humour by Louis de Fumes. The final, Scotland Yard installment of this 1964-1966 trilogy was light on plot and heavy on comedy.

Still, the cinemascope color photography was stunning in all three films. And where else can one see a Scottish castle's tower suddenly turned into a rocket launch pad?

I´ve seen this movie about three times and I´m convinced that it is better than the two others.

But a very good film about "Fantomas" is still missing.

Unfortunately there won´t be another one with great Louis De Funès and Jean Marais.

This third and final Fantômas movie is probably the weakest one, and that's mostly due to the script that contains some dumb illogical scenes. I found this one lesser entertaining than the first two movies. It's still a delight to watch Louis de Funès though. As usual he's the one that makes it worth watching, but from all his movies the Fantômas ones are the least funny. That's only my opinion but after having watched all his movies, and that for several times, I always come to this conclusion. But it's Louis de Funès, the greatest French comedian, so everything is forgiven. He is, was, and always will be the greatest.