Thane of East County

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Audience Member Pretty incoherent but Dicky Dawk's gives a spirited performance of lamb chop mania from beyond the scenery. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member It was clear by 1972 Hammer Films was running out of ideas for its great gothic hits of Dracula ,Frankenstein and others . Despite this one or two little seen and underated gems crept out and this is one of those films which does away with the lurid Kensington gore for something more interesting. Christopher Wicking had by this time already wriiten Blood From The mummies Tomb and Scream and Scream again and thanks to his script and Peter Sykes direction this is a real genre standout. Robert Hardy plays the ruthless Baron Zorn who imprisons his two children in the family estate after there mother brutally kills herself in front of them. He feels that have the same genalogy as there mother and will be strcuk with the Evil curse of madness . Adding to the sense of unease somebody is killing local girls from the village arousing supicison that a demon is lose. Zorn is convinced charlatan doctor Falkenberg played with some gutso by Patrick Magee can cure his children but a equally demented Michael Horden stands in his way claming he is carrying out gods work. It all leads to a rther shocking final denoument and purveying sense of unease all through the film. If you thought Hammer was all Lurid blood and busty wenches then you could do a lot worse and catch up with this film as it really is a diffrent animal despite being in the same genre. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member (31%) A somewhat solid Hammer flick that suffers from more than a little dull problem. The story is quite good, although it would probably suit a novel better, as here it's a little muddled, and the ideas don't always come through very well. Not a terrible film, but I doubt I'll ever want to see it again. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Hammer that focuses on a psychological horror than the gore we are used to. It works to an extent, but the story is disjointed in places. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review paul b A bizarre tale of a Baron, determined to cleanse his bloodline after the insanity & suicide of his wife, by drugging & bleeding his own children whilst fuelling their incestuous desires. Intense, frightening & beautifully played right up until it's shocking finale Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A rather muddled and frankly a forgettable thriller from Hammer's twilight years. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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