Trip Day 5.
Showing posts with label Inheritance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inheritance. Show all posts
December 3rd, 2014 - The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)
The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave was an okay watch. I felt like the overall story was decent (in a disjointed, Italian-horror way), it moved along at a reasonable pace, and had some good twists and turns. There are a couple of big things that make it fall on just the "not recommendable" side of things, but it's mostly okay.
Big thing 1 - Our main character Allan (Anthony Steffen) is essentially a serial killer. I think we're supposed to feel bad for him because of the trauma he experienced after the death of his wife (the titular Evelyn). By the end, he's almost portrayed as a hero/martyr, but when we first meet him he's bringing a prostitute to his isolated castle and then proceeds to murder her. And once he gets married, he beats his wife. Hard to get behind this guy.
October 14th, 2014 - Die, Sister, Die! (1977)
So this on my "Blood Feast" five movie budget set. The cover is this cartoony but still kind of gross butcher chopping a screaming lady up with a meat cleaver. Not really the sort of thing I proudly display on my DVD shelf - for some reason cartoonish depictions of violence trouble me. Not on film, but in stills - I guess I'm weird. (I have since put them in clear cases.) The film directly preceding Die, Sister, Die! - and the reason I bought the set in the first place - was the fun, fun 80's slasher Pieces. Pieces definitely lived up to the "Blood Feast" claim. I've seen more blood at a ... Normal Feast than in Die, Sister, Die! Which would be fine, it's really more of a mystery/drama anyways. The problem is that it isn't very good.
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