kiwigoldfish
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Okay - I can see the appeal. While this movie didn't hit the notes right for me, the general blend of surreal scenes and horror are very much what I came for. But it doesn't quite get the balance right - I found it incoherent and it didn't really hold my attention.
However, I'm intrigued by Hervé Villechaize, if for no other reason than the fact his character (and some of the setup) seems to be a prelude to his role as Nick Nack in the Man with the Golden Gun. Perhaps a side effect of the carnival atmosphere in each, I can't help but suspect Guy Hamilton watched Malatesta in preparation for the Bond outing.
However, I'm intrigued by Hervé Villechaize, if for no other reason than the fact his character (and some of the setup) seems to be a prelude to his role as Nick Nack in the Man with the Golden Gun. Perhaps a side effect of the carnival atmosphere in each, I can't help but suspect Guy Hamilton watched Malatesta in preparation for the Bond outing.
This was never going to be Emmy material or in any way compete with Walking dead or other such shows. So don't come to it with any such expectations.
It's a vampire vs human show, that tries to flip a few parts of the traditional script for such a thing - borrowing from sources like the rebooted Battlestar Galactica (political angle, right down to the president with cancer) and the Underworld movies.
Imperfect. Totally.
But good mindless fun.
It's a vampire vs human show, that tries to flip a few parts of the traditional script for such a thing - borrowing from sources like the rebooted Battlestar Galactica (political angle, right down to the president with cancer) and the Underworld movies.
Imperfect. Totally.
But good mindless fun.
This is a rather incoherent film, with abject sound design. It seems the sound effect budget stretched to one owl hoot and one horse whinny, but with unlimited usage, so they tried to get their money worth.
Just cutting back on those sounds could have made the film 1 star more watchable.
So - is it a slasher, or is it a french gothic horror? The Venn diagram of that question is miraculously both and neither. I'm not even sure it's so bad it's good. It's just like two disparate and unrelated movies were told they had to sit together in class and cooperate.
A deformed creature (son of a "gypsy" cliche) stalks people in the woods, killing them. But then we learn of a lost ship carrying Egyptian treasures, and a mummy turns up for good measure. Then there's the repeatedly whinnying horse of satan that may be a harbinger, or may just be a cliche.
All of whom are faced by the woman who leaves the safety of a chateau dressed only in her nightwear for no explicable reason.
And all the subsequent exploits this may or may not entail.
Just cutting back on those sounds could have made the film 1 star more watchable.
So - is it a slasher, or is it a french gothic horror? The Venn diagram of that question is miraculously both and neither. I'm not even sure it's so bad it's good. It's just like two disparate and unrelated movies were told they had to sit together in class and cooperate.
A deformed creature (son of a "gypsy" cliche) stalks people in the woods, killing them. But then we learn of a lost ship carrying Egyptian treasures, and a mummy turns up for good measure. Then there's the repeatedly whinnying horse of satan that may be a harbinger, or may just be a cliche.
All of whom are faced by the woman who leaves the safety of a chateau dressed only in her nightwear for no explicable reason.
And all the subsequent exploits this may or may not entail.