The "Hexer" ("Ringer") is certainly the most known Edgar Wallace character and in this black-and-white film from over 50 years ago he gives a bit of a comeback, at least according to the title "Neues vom Hexer" or "Again the Ringer". Heinz Drahe does not have as many Wallace appearances as Fuchsberger for example, but I felt he was a welcome presence. And there are more names behind and in front of the camera that have worked on several other Edgar Wallace films. Story-wise, this one here is just as underwhelming as the rest and to me it looks like a cheap attempt to cash in with the popularity of the Hexer from one of the older films. Finally, a special mention to Kinski, who is a scene stealer again as always, but sadly also plays the same character in every Wallace film, a troubled men we are supposed to think is the killer or an accomplice, but ends up often dead himself. It gets repetitive pretty quickly. The rest of the film is weak or mediocre. Do not watch. For as much as I care, the "Ringer" can disappear entirely.
Review of Again the Ringer
