I'm completely puzzled by my reaction to this film. I think the 'Demon' epitomises it for me. On the one hand it's a totally cheesy, comical, daft looking rubber puppet, but ... the twittering noise, the ball of firesmoke, the smoking footsteps, all the effects heralding its arrival are well done. And its face ... I suddenly realised ... - it's Karswell!! OK, the features have been distorted ('demonified' if you like), but the look of amiable, leering corruption is unmistakable. A brilliant touch!
And Karswell is by far the best character in the film; Peggy Cummins is gorgeous, but trying to play against the wooden American interest gave her no chance. The script didn't help, mind.
The black & white cinematography was wonderful. But there were a lot of under thought & superficial characters. The worst thing was the fight (!) with the 'cat'; purest Python if ever there was!
Even the music left me ambivalent. Overdone a lot of the time, but the intro seemed to be inspired (if only distantly) by Vaughan Williams 6th, which has to be good. So ... good film or bad film??
I'm still confused!
And Karswell is by far the best character in the film; Peggy Cummins is gorgeous, but trying to play against the wooden American interest gave her no chance. The script didn't help, mind.
The black & white cinematography was wonderful. But there were a lot of under thought & superficial characters. The worst thing was the fight (!) with the 'cat'; purest Python if ever there was!
Even the music left me ambivalent. Overdone a lot of the time, but the intro seemed to be inspired (if only distantly) by Vaughan Williams 6th, which has to be good. So ... good film or bad film??
I'm still confused!