Underrated Occult Film that has been Unfairly Maligned and Dismissed. It does not Completely Compel the way of some other Devilish Movies on Black Magic, but it Delivers Enough of Interest to make it well Worth Watching.
An A-List Director and Cast with an Added Bonus of two Up and Comers, Hemmings and Tate make this a Fine, if Subdued and Gloomy Piece of Atmospheric Cinema. The Tone is that of Days Gone By and is Handsomely Mounted and Overcomes a Troubled Production.
It is an Eyeful to be sure and what it lacks in a Solidified Story it makes up for in its Ability to be Creepy and Foreboding that might have Benefited Slightly from one or two Scenes like the Unexpected Punishment Scene of Sharon Tate. Not for some sort of Cheap Thrill but the way it comes out of Nowhere is quite Striking.
Overall this is Decidedly a Mature and Frill-Less, but not Thrill-Less, Film that relies on Suspense and Disturbing Situations for its Unnerving Duration.
An A-List Director and Cast with an Added Bonus of two Up and Comers, Hemmings and Tate make this a Fine, if Subdued and Gloomy Piece of Atmospheric Cinema. The Tone is that of Days Gone By and is Handsomely Mounted and Overcomes a Troubled Production.
It is an Eyeful to be sure and what it lacks in a Solidified Story it makes up for in its Ability to be Creepy and Foreboding that might have Benefited Slightly from one or two Scenes like the Unexpected Punishment Scene of Sharon Tate. Not for some sort of Cheap Thrill but the way it comes out of Nowhere is quite Striking.
Overall this is Decidedly a Mature and Frill-Less, but not Thrill-Less, Film that relies on Suspense and Disturbing Situations for its Unnerving Duration.