In investigating a series of murders, Inspector Quennell finds himself at the door of entomologist, Dr Mallinger. Will he be prepared for what lies beyond?
When two young men are brutally murdered the wounds on their bodies suggest they were the ... more
victims of a bird of prey. Both men were students of Dr Mallinger (Robert Flemyng), but the distinguished entomologist seems unable to help the fastidious Inspect...
Production Year: 1998 - Horror - Director: Steve Miner - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Michelle Williams, Adam Arkin, Adam Hann-Byrd, Janet Leigh, L.L. Cool J.
Advantages: Some decent moments, somehow kept me watching until the end Disadvantages: Mostly really bad across the board
This is a DVD I picked up for £1 a couple of years ago. I suppose the price should have told me something, but I gave it a shot, hoping to have found a bit of a gem.
Face of Terror follows Nick Harper as he tries to find his missing sister in Barcelona. While travelling from the States to Spain without permission from his boss, cop Nick finds himself in even more hot water when he arrives in Europe to find that his sister had fallen in with the wrong crowd. As he trawls through dodgy photographers, drug dealers and terrorists, Nick realises he must have his wits about him if he is to find his sister before he loses his life.
Ultimately, it's distinctly average in nearly every way. with a pretty mundane plot, some terrible acting, and some bad timing in the editing stakes. And yet, strangely, there's something intriguing about it ...
Advantages: Some funny moments Disadvantages: I did feel a bit sick
Controversially banned for 25 years when it was first released in 1975 The Beast is an erotic reworking of the Beauty and The Beast tale, released in November 2001 in a full uncut and subtitled version of the French original.
My overall opinion: messy, and curious, and well strange, onto the review:
The film opens with a rather bizarre, extraordinary close-up and intimate scene of two horses having sex, in the courtyard of a very large chateau looked on and assisted by a number of men, one of whom is Mathurin, the son of the brother of the Duke De Comte (forgive me if this is incorrect - but the familial relationships in the film weren't that clear)
In the chateau there are two rather bitchy old men, the Duke and his brother (Mathurin's father) who are trying to contact the Cardinal in Rome (who is the Duke's brother) to come ...
kitty17 23.02.2006
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In investigating a series of murders, Inspector Quennell finds himself at the door of entomologist, Dr Mallinger. Will he be prepared for what lies beyond?
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16:9
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In investigating a series of murders, Inspector Quennell finds himself at the door of entomologist, Dr Mallinger. Will he be prepared for what lies beyond?
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