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Tower of Evil

Play trailer Poster for Tower of Evil R Released May 19, 1972 1h 26m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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When a local fisherman (Jack Watson) discovers the bodies of three murdered teenagers, private detective Evan Brent (Bryant Haliday) is sent to the remote island to investigate. With him on the island is a group of archeologists searching for an ancient treasure. After Adam (Mark Edwards), the group's leader, hires a guide to take him, his former girlfriend (Jill Haworth) and another couple across the island, they realize the killer is still on the loose.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews I would think only lovers of really appalling low-budget 1970s Brit slasher/horror flicks will dare find this putrid one to their liking. Rated: C- Dec 14, 2008 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 1, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I'm writing this review a couple weeks after having watched the film and I can barely remember it. However, IMDB refreshed my memory and it was about a group of archeologists uncovering an ancient and cursed treasure underneath the titular tower. The film was more gruesome than I was expecting and had a decent amount of atmosphere given it's meager budget, but the story and characters were all pretty dull which really drug the film down. Okay viewing for people wanting something along the lines of a lesser Hammer Horror film. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I loved it for what it was. The oufits, hairdoos, and boobs were enough for me. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member What could be scarier than a deformed, crazy killer lurking in the underground caves of a foggy deserted isle, picking off a group of people (who went there to search for some old treasure) one by one? Theoretically, this sounds like a great recipe for horror. And yet, despite the fact that this film is VERY explicit in terms of gore and nudity (male and female) for an early-70's release, it is visually sub-par, and because it doesn't have a single even remotely interesting character (the women are portrayed as promiscuous sluts), the viewer has nothing to do but sit there and wait for most of the cast members to get chopped up. In a word, boring. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member This film starts out nicely with a mad woman trying to remember what happened to her friends on Snape Island. One friend was found impaled with a pure gold Phoenician spear which leads a group of archeologists to the island. While the special effects are laughable, the atmosphere and camera work are a notch above standard B-movie fare. Unfortunately, the film breaks down in the third act with an ending everyone saw coming and some ridiculous "monsters." Spend your time on something better. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member It had some moments, but the majority was boring and lame. I have heard that this movie is known for creating a bridge between the classic gothic horror movie and the slasher film, but I've seen it done better from the same period. Pretty unmemorable really. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member A bad movie, yet the pacing made it almost watchable. All the parts were bad but maybe the idiotic violence helped it a little in the end. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis When a local fisherman (Jack Watson) discovers the bodies of three murdered teenagers, private detective Evan Brent (Bryant Haliday) is sent to the remote island to investigate. With him on the island is a group of archeologists searching for an ancient treasure. After Adam (Mark Edwards), the group's leader, hires a guide to take him, his former girlfriend (Jill Haworth) and another couple across the island, they realize the killer is still on the loose.
Director
Jim O'Connolly
Producer
Richard Gordon
Screenwriter
Jim O'Connolly, George Baxt
Distributor
Astral Films
Production Co
Grenadier Films
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 19, 1972, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 26m
Sound Mix
Mono
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