charlesfrappier
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I must preface this by saying that I am a huge fan of everything retro and vintage. I love just about everything from the 50s and 60s - especially in the area of sci-fi and horror. I'm not sure what drew me to this title on Prime (the poster design and font don't exactly scream "retro") but I found myself delightfully lost in what could have been an original Twilight Zone episode (as soon as I saw "Cayuga", I was like "Ah ah!".
What a delight! All actors are great - the leads are fantastic. Movies often caricature decades rather than depict them faithfully. This was bang on! The story was intriguing, well-handled. The long-shot cinematography was wonderful and I, for one, enjoyed the dialogue - sometimes it felt like I was listening to a radio play!
And for some reason, maybe because of the familiarity of it all, I found this movie extremely comforting, like eating a big bowl of homemade stew with a hunk of freshly baked bread.
What a brilliant little gem!
What a delight! All actors are great - the leads are fantastic. Movies often caricature decades rather than depict them faithfully. This was bang on! The story was intriguing, well-handled. The long-shot cinematography was wonderful and I, for one, enjoyed the dialogue - sometimes it felt like I was listening to a radio play!
And for some reason, maybe because of the familiarity of it all, I found this movie extremely comforting, like eating a big bowl of homemade stew with a hunk of freshly baked bread.
What a brilliant little gem!
I rarely write reviews and when I do they are rarely bad because hey, I like all kinds of movies, even some abysmal ones. What attracted me to this one was the title... I expected a little devilry, you know? But no. What I got instead was almost an hour and a half (apparently my stream committed suicide 20 minutes from the end) with the two most unlikable characters I have met in a very long time. Cue weak-chinned and thick-lipped psycho and precious whiney princess. I managed to remain uninvolved with either of them for the entirety of the film. Now, to be fair, I found the acting to be not so bad... I mean, I don't think either character was meant to be very compelling so, mission accomplished there. But the plot was plodding, lame, obvious, slow, boring... Oh, I need a thesaurus to find even more adjectives to describe my non-horror. Anyway, if you are stuck in a remote cabin with a DVD player and this lone movie, by all means watch it. But if you have ANY other choice, trust me, anything is better than this. One last thing: Meredith Baxter was my only source of joy in the entire movie.