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This is another example of what can be done with great imagination and effort even when hampered by a low budget. "Deathdream" was a staple on late night horror shows of the 1970's and as such, I have seen it many times and think it is one of the better horror films of any kind. Andy, presumed dead in Vietnam, comes home to his family and devoted mother. The family cannot understand how this can happen but don't question it in the beginning. slowly, one comes to realize that something is just not right with Andy and then the film takes off. I won't ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it but the film is creepy, atmospheric, well paced and the type of film that you will remember probably your whole life. It is a bit depressing but you can overlook this and just enjoy the story and images that unfold before you. Hard to believe that the guy who directed "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" had a hand in this gem! Rent it or buy it if you can find it. you won't be sorry!

I will say right off the bat that I AM NOT a Mario Bava fan. I don't know what it is, but I find his movies boring and extremely slow-paced. They are atmospheric and beautifully photgraphed but I can't find anything else I like about his films. There is one exception though and it is his horror anthology "Black Sabbath". I have seen this film many times and enjoy it every time I watch it. Scary, atmospheric and fast paced, it is a joy to behold and probably the genres best anthology film. The movie contains three stories the best of which are the first and third and the film is "hosted" by Boris Karloff in direct correlation to his "Thriller" TV series. The first story, "A Drop Of Water" is extremely scary and gives out quite a few chills. The second is entitled "The Telephone" and is pretty standard fare. The final installment is called "The Wurdalak" and stars Karloff. This final installment is fantastic as Boris plays a vampire who feeds off his own family. The story is absolutely beautiful to behold and reeking with atmosphere. All in all a well paced, fun, scary movie that should be a part of your collection. Bava's best!

Talk about your overrated movies! First of all, why is this even considered a horror movie? It falls more along the lines of mystery or suspense, though suspensful it is not! This film is so overrated, so boring and so slowly paced that it should be given to anyone who suffers from insomnia as man's greatest cure for that malady! Richard Boone is so out of place in this film, one begins to feel bad for him. The plot itself is unique, a cemetary employee who puts pins in purchased cemetary plots on a map and those people who have the pinned plots suddenly and mysteriously die. But it is carried along at such a snails pace, one finds him or herself not caring anymore about why and what strange "power" Mr. boone possesses. By that time, your well on your way to slumber land. This is more fitting as an episode of the incredibly overrated TV series "The Twilight Zone". It would fit right in with other boring, sleep inducing episodes that TV show spawned. Do yourself a favor and skip over this one at the video rental store and whatever you do, PLEASE do not waste your money buying it. Unless of course you suffer from lack of sleep and need a sure fire way to cure your insomnia. ZZZZZZZZZZZ!