As somebody else said, probably one of the better haunted keychain movies ever made.
Saw this last night here in Hollywood at the monthly Grindhouse Festival at the New Beverly Theatre.
Needless to say, a flick like this plays much better with an appreciative audience. The only thing better would have been seeing it at a drive-in.
Part of this film resembles a Gothic-horror-drama such as "Gaslight." The other part is a car crash film.
Director Charles Band was at the screening and said there were only three requirements to get the film sold to distributors: 1) put as many car crashes in it as possible, 2)get some "name" actors in it (you can get old guys for cheap), and 3) shoot it in widescreen. The film was made for under $100,000.
Jose Ferrer is a bitter, wheelchair bound (sort of) expert in antiquities. Sue Lyon is his much younger wife. He holds her responsible for being in the wheelchair due to an auto accident. When an ancient Hittitte idol comes into their lives, they both now have the power to wreak vengeance on each other.
He attacks her, she tries to get away and crashes her car. His dog attacks her, but doesn't kill her. She ends up in the hospital with amnesia, the only clue to her identity the evil idol, which she holds in a death grip.
Can the kindly nurse and hunky doctor treating her find out her identity before its too late? Meanwhile, thanks to the cursed idol, her driverless car goes on a rampage, causing accident after accident and explosion after explosion, tormenting the local sheriff's department in whatever podunk town this was filmed in (the end credits state "filmed in Los Angeles" but that's true only in the loosest possible definition of the term).
A weird little film from the dying days of the true "B" movie.
Saw this last night here in Hollywood at the monthly Grindhouse Festival at the New Beverly Theatre.
Needless to say, a flick like this plays much better with an appreciative audience. The only thing better would have been seeing it at a drive-in.
Part of this film resembles a Gothic-horror-drama such as "Gaslight." The other part is a car crash film.
Director Charles Band was at the screening and said there were only three requirements to get the film sold to distributors: 1) put as many car crashes in it as possible, 2)get some "name" actors in it (you can get old guys for cheap), and 3) shoot it in widescreen. The film was made for under $100,000.
Jose Ferrer is a bitter, wheelchair bound (sort of) expert in antiquities. Sue Lyon is his much younger wife. He holds her responsible for being in the wheelchair due to an auto accident. When an ancient Hittitte idol comes into their lives, they both now have the power to wreak vengeance on each other.
He attacks her, she tries to get away and crashes her car. His dog attacks her, but doesn't kill her. She ends up in the hospital with amnesia, the only clue to her identity the evil idol, which she holds in a death grip.
Can the kindly nurse and hunky doctor treating her find out her identity before its too late? Meanwhile, thanks to the cursed idol, her driverless car goes on a rampage, causing accident after accident and explosion after explosion, tormenting the local sheriff's department in whatever podunk town this was filmed in (the end credits state "filmed in Los Angeles" but that's true only in the loosest possible definition of the term).
A weird little film from the dying days of the true "B" movie.