callanvass Review of Point of Terror

Point of Terror (1971)

Downright Terrible However It Does Have Some Entertainment Value At Times

[4/10 · 3 March 2005]

This movie is downright terrible, however it does have some entertainment value, and it never bored me. Still that does not mean it's a good movie in fact it's god awful, with laughable acting,and an amusing, but confusing ending. I got this on another 8 movie 2 horror disc set. The Chemistry between all of the actors is lousy,but however as i said never once did it bother me, with it's terrible,but amusing dialog, an interesting but stupid story, and laughable acting all around, it made it at times fun to watch. The Direction is awful. Alex Nicol, does a terrible job here, with no neat camera tricks what so ever, only good thing about it was the pace was solid. There is hardly any blood at all, except a few bloody stabbings, and a bloody fall victim (ATF). The Acting is god awful, but amusing at times. Peter Carpenter gives a lousy but amusing performance here, he has charisma, and was likable, but his performance is terrible, and the script does not help matters much,still i liked him, he had a lot of charisma. Dyanne Thorne, is extremely laughable, she's decent looking, but her performance is god awful, and she cracked me up in a lot of scenes. Lory Hansen, is also decent looking, but her performance is rather terrible as well, and she had no chemistry with Peter Carpenter. Paula Mitchell, is laughable and unconvincing as well. Leslie Simms, is annoying here, with laughable dialog, like "i know my Chickie" and her laughable performance as a drunk. Joel Martson, is okay, as the jealous husband. Overall not recommended, however do check it out, if your looking for some laughs. *1/2 out of 5