I liked this.
I just re-watched HAND OF DEATH and felt like another bite sized 60's horror for a double feature. (This did go out on a double bill with that film at one point didn't it? I think I read that in that thread.)
I like these hour long wonders. I've got such severe ADHD I already forget which movie I was talking about. OH YEAH! HOUSE OF THE DAMNED! (I cheated and looked at the title of the post.)
With ADHD as bad as mine, even an hour long movie tends to feel like a two hour one, a two hour movie feels like three and so on. So I always appreciate a concise length.
I think this movie clipped along well, and the only real complaint I had was towards myself, because I already knew what the ending reveal was going to be by reading the Wikipedia. (Oh, and the Psychotronic Encyclopedia entry spoils it too.)
SPOILERS AHEAD: This house ends up being "haunted" by a bunch of unemployed circus freaks. Well...like, four or five circus freaks, but ONE OF THEM IS RICHARD KIEL!!
See , if I didn't know this was going to be a freak movie, I would have been genuinely shocked by the scene where the shadow enshrouded legless dude creeps in and steals the keys. Instead, I was just waiting for something like that to happen.
The only real shock I got from the movie was how nice the cat was! I mean, I love cats more than most things in life, but if I meet a random one in a possibly haunted house, I'm gonna go ahead and assume it will be skittish at best. This little guy is downright PERSONABLE! ( Sorry, I meant purr-sonable.) Just hangin' out with intruder people! And speaking of the intruder people, well, they have their issues, but overall, I found them all likable and another crazy twist is that NONE OF THEM have any actual ill intentions. This whole experience might even help the relationship between the lawyer guy and his wife!
Also, the freaks turn out to be nice! ( BTW, there is a scene where the main guy avoids calling them freaks, but I think calling them "the Damned" is even worse.)
So if you have an hour to kill, I recommend doing it watching HOUSE OF THE DAMNED! (Let's face it, I'm sure we can all figure out worse things to do killing an hour.)
I just re-watched HAND OF DEATH and felt like another bite sized 60's horror for a double feature. (This did go out on a double bill with that film at one point didn't it? I think I read that in that thread.)
I like these hour long wonders. I've got such severe ADHD I already forget which movie I was talking about. OH YEAH! HOUSE OF THE DAMNED! (I cheated and looked at the title of the post.)
With ADHD as bad as mine, even an hour long movie tends to feel like a two hour one, a two hour movie feels like three and so on. So I always appreciate a concise length.
I think this movie clipped along well, and the only real complaint I had was towards myself, because I already knew what the ending reveal was going to be by reading the Wikipedia. (Oh, and the Psychotronic Encyclopedia entry spoils it too.)
SPOILERS AHEAD: This house ends up being "haunted" by a bunch of unemployed circus freaks. Well...like, four or five circus freaks, but ONE OF THEM IS RICHARD KIEL!!
See , if I didn't know this was going to be a freak movie, I would have been genuinely shocked by the scene where the shadow enshrouded legless dude creeps in and steals the keys. Instead, I was just waiting for something like that to happen.
The only real shock I got from the movie was how nice the cat was! I mean, I love cats more than most things in life, but if I meet a random one in a possibly haunted house, I'm gonna go ahead and assume it will be skittish at best. This little guy is downright PERSONABLE! ( Sorry, I meant purr-sonable.) Just hangin' out with intruder people! And speaking of the intruder people, well, they have their issues, but overall, I found them all likable and another crazy twist is that NONE OF THEM have any actual ill intentions. This whole experience might even help the relationship between the lawyer guy and his wife!
Also, the freaks turn out to be nice! ( BTW, there is a scene where the main guy avoids calling them freaks, but I think calling them "the Damned" is even worse.)
So if you have an hour to kill, I recommend doing it watching HOUSE OF THE DAMNED! (Let's face it, I'm sure we can all figure out worse things to do killing an hour.)
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