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Aunt Hester (Yvonne De Carlo) brings home a Rottweiler called Greta and sics her on relatives and innocent bystanders.
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Chris M Hester is an elderly woman who buys a Rottweiler while in Europe. Using black magic on the dog to get revenge on her own family. Revenge for what? I hear you ask. Because in high school her boyfriend dumped her to start dating her sister and married her. She's like really old but wants revenge for something petty 40 years ago or longer. Plus Hester talks about the Rottweiler like this is a strange new breed of dog that Americans never saw before, but Rottweilers have been bred in America since 1930. Also, with magic involved, you'd expect the Rottweiler to be able to do supernatural things like teleport, walk through walls or be unkillable in order to stalk her victims. But no, Hester uses the magic to have the dog jump up at one victim to get hit by a car and strangle another guy with her leash. Things Hester could have just trained the dog to do. But because they got a Rottweiler who was stereotyped as "Satanic" animals thanks to movies like "The Omen", they added the black magic angle. That's a negative stereotype that needs to end. The movie is just awful. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/09/23 Full Review Vekine B This is a high quality art horror film... lots of scary scenes.. very well done ✔️ Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Aunt Hester (Yvonne De Carlo) brings home a Rottweiler called Greta and sics her on relatives and innocent bystanders.
Director
Peter Wittman
Producer
Francine C. Rudine
Screenwriter
Lothrop W. Jordan
Production Co
United Construction Company
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 25, 2018
Runtime
1h 26m
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