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When I was a teenager, though I wasn't really big on sitcoms (if I watched TV, I primarily enjoyed crime/police/detective stories), I must admit I loved the occasional episode of 'Night Court', though by no means did I watch it enthusiastically or with any regularity. My favourite actor in it was Richard Moll, who had that unique presence of a Richard Kiel, yet was better both in charisma and comic timing.
A few months ago, I saw a crappy horror portmanteau from the 80's ('Night Train to Terror'), of which directors' Marshak, McGowan and Tallas' segment, 'The Case of Claire Hansen', was by far the most interesting and best realized (thanks to 'Hollie Horror' for the info!), yet in the panoramic jetsam of my mind, in watching 3+ films a day, I wondered why I was getting this strange sense of deja vu. It was neat to see the entire work. Moll's face and voice were very familiar, yet he had a full head of hair (he was bald in 'Night Court', for those who don't remember), and his name was listed as 'Charles Moll' in the credits, so I was a tad confused--perhaps it was a brother?--but it ended up being the same person.
The film itself plays upon the same chord as horrific greats from its preceding decade, such as 'The Exorcist', 'The Omen' and 'The Amityville Horror', in which the classic conflict of good vs. evil is fought, and demons from the underworld are its root cause. For a no-budget film, it has a decent sense of atmosphere and mood, interesting actors and cinematography, and a really outstanding climactic scene. The special effects are uneven: Sometimes they are decent, yet sometimes laughingly bad--probably due to having THREE directors involved--usually NOT a good omen for a film, if simply one story is being presented (too many cooks DO spoil the broth, at least cinematically). One exceedingly bad aspect was Faith Clift as the female protagonist, Claire Hansen. Though for her age she was beautiful, her monotone voice was dreadful.
I recommend the film wholeheartedly and with no reservations, if you like horror films and want a good time some evening for 94 minutes.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/06/23
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just a mess even 3 different directors can't save this piece of shi*!
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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars
01/21/23
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When I was a teenager, though I wasn't really big on sitcoms (if I watched TV, I primarily enjoyed crime/police/detective stories), I must admit I loved the occasional episode of 'Night Court', though by no means did I watch it enthusiastically or with any regularity. My favourite actor in it was Richard Moll, who had that unique presence of a Richard Kiel, yet was better both in charisma and comic timing.
A few months ago, I saw a crappy horror portmanteau from the 80's ('Night Train to Terror'), of which directors' Marshak, McGowan and Tallas' segment, 'The Case of Claire Hansen', was by far the most interesting and best realized (thanks to 'Hollie Horror' for the info!), yet in the panoramic jetsam of my mind, in watching 3+ films a day, I wondered why I was getting this strange sense of deja vu. It was neat to see the entire work. Moll's face and voice were very familiar, yet he had a full head of hair (he was bald in 'Night Court', for those who don't remember), and his name was listed as 'Charles Moll' in the credits, so I was a tad confused--perhaps it was a brother?--but it ended up being the same person.
The film itself plays upon the same chord as horrific greats from its preceding decade, such as 'The Exorcist', 'The Omen' and 'The Amityville Horror', in which the classic conflict of good vs. evil is fought, and demons from the underworld are its root cause. For a no-budget film, it has a decent sense of atmosphere and mood, interesting actors and cinematography, and a really outstanding climactic scene. The special effects are uneven: Sometimes they are decent, yet sometimes laughingly bad--probably due to having THREE directors involved--usually NOT a good omen for a film, if simply one story is being presented (too many cooks DO spoil the broth, at least cinematically). One exceedingly bad aspect was Faith Clift as the female protagonist, Claire Hansen. Though for her age she was beautiful, her monotone voice was dreadful.
I recommend the film wholeheartedly and with no reservations, if you like horror films and want a good time some evening for 94 minutes.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
02/24/23
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This much-maligned film is worth a closer look--The Devil Is Loose Again!!
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/22/23
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Drags out way too long and doesn't have a very strong plot. There are some pretty nice horror scenes though, but they don't really come up until the end, leaving the rest of the film to be a dull watch.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/02/23
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.I obtained this film in a 4 Movie collection called Tales from the Boneyard (Brentwood Home Video). This movie seems to have a numerous amount of names, in this collection the Movie is called Shiver, Looking up information on the imdb.com web site it does not list this name for this movie, so my guess is in order for Brentwood Video not to violate copyright laws. Anyway the movie itself is not that bad, now a days not really scary in the horror department but must have been right up there when it first came out. Mike Olfield tubular bells is played during the movie and there are many hidden actors. Cameron Mitchell, Faith Clift, and Richard Moll (Bull from Night Court). The movie is all about the devil and the ending is well worth the overall wait. I'll give this one 3 1/2 stars 2-25-13
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
01/23/23
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