The reason for even watching this film is because of Hopkins appearance, which I find well acted. It got some hint of his future Hanibal pereformance in Silence of the lambs. Richard Attenborough direction is very surprising, the sets are amazing. The lake, that most of the film is taking place on, is so peacfull and makes the film more disturbing, also the NYC scene is done remarkebly well. I also love the film title scene which include some exposition about the magician in hand and also Corky (Hopkins) mentor, which guide him into the magician & performing abilities. The films itself is moving nicely along and the story is very interesting and gripping. The resemblance between Corky and Fats (The evil doll) is very convincing and as the movie move forward they are getting more and more alike, even dress the same.
The reason I am giving this movie 6 stars is because I find Ann Margaret acting unconvincing and also the last 15 min of the film is a bit boring for me, I think that it should end before. As a short story it would have been a pure masterpiece, but hey it was already done before and in a much more frightening way, so check out "Dead of night" and be prepered to be shocked.
The reason I am giving this movie 6 stars is because I find Ann Margaret acting unconvincing and also the last 15 min of the film is a bit boring for me, I think that it should end before. As a short story it would have been a pure masterpiece, but hey it was already done before and in a much more frightening way, so check out "Dead of night" and be prepered to be shocked.