An accident victim makes a deal with a particularly hideous witch, in which he receives extraordinary ESP powers. He uses these powers to help the police solve crimes.An accident victim makes a deal with a particularly hideous witch, in which he receives extraordinary ESP powers. He uses these powers to help the police solve crimes.An accident victim makes a deal with a particularly hideous witch, in which he receives extraordinary ESP powers. He uses these powers to help the police solve crimes.
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Lawrence J. Aberwood
- Chief Vinton
- (as Lawrence Wood)
Ione Rolnick
- Banker's Wife
- (as Ione)
Kathleen Koenig
- The Ghost
- (as Kathy Koenig)
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- TriviaIncluded in a 1990 VHS series hosted by Joe Bob Briggs (John Bloom) titled "The Sleaziest Movies in the History of the World."
- GoofsIn the scene with the falling live wires, when asked if an ambulance has been called, a construction worker replies one has, but he wouldn't have anyway of knowing anymore than the guy who asked, as they both were on site since the moment of the electrocution.
- Quotes
Cronin 'Mitch' Mitchell: [leaning in to kiss Banker's Wife] Has anyone ever told you you're a prize...
Ellen Parker: Mitch, I need you!
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are cast over a murder scene, frames frozen at various points in the progress of the crime, to cast the titles over the gruesome images and prolong the agony till the final title, after which the last image unfreezes, and the killer drops the body and walks away.
- ConnectionsFeatured in L'Oeil du cyclone: Femmes violentes en bikini (1995)
Featured review
"I have a drug here. L.S.D. Perhaps you've heard of it."
Crackpot, frequently amusing combination of parapsychology and psychedelia in this typically twisted Herschell Gordon Lewis schlock production. It's not quite as much fun as his celebrated splatter movies, but it's still pretty entertaining.
Tony McCabe plays Cronin "Mitch" Mitchell, a young engineer who is facially scarred by a severe electrical accident. This also gives him strong psychic abilities, so he hangs out a shingle as a medium. In this capacity, he meets a hideous old crone (Mudite Arums) who promises to restore his face to its handsome glory IF he will be her lover. So she becomes his entourage as he becomes a celebrity of sorts. Soon he is hired by a police force in Wisconsin to help catch a serial killer.
When you watch something by the late, great Mr. Lewis, you know you won't get something very slick technically, and you certainly won't get something very well acted. But that NEVER means that the "acting" in these epics doesn't entertain in its own fumbling way. McCabe is a hilariously obnoxious, insufferable prick, and Elizabeth Lee is delightful as the *other* incarnation of the old crone, the young hottie whom the rest of the world sees. William Brooker is a hoot as a karate student / playboy / doctor who's sent to possibly debunk Mitchs' abilities, and recruit him for the government should he turn out to be the real deal. Jeffrey Allen of "Two Thousand Maniacs!" pops up in a small role as a doctor, but what is truly a gas is seeing Lawrence J. Aberwood as the police chief (he's the infamous "All you kids make me sick..." guy from HGLs' roughie "Scum of the Earth").
Highlighted by a nicely strange L.S.D. trip sequence, and the "attack by blanket" scene, "Something Weird" is given a jazzy score by Edward J. Petan. Written and produced by James F. Hurley, it gets down to business quickly (with a murder playing out behind the opening credits) and offers up a delicious resolution and comeuppance.
Seven out of 10.
Tony McCabe plays Cronin "Mitch" Mitchell, a young engineer who is facially scarred by a severe electrical accident. This also gives him strong psychic abilities, so he hangs out a shingle as a medium. In this capacity, he meets a hideous old crone (Mudite Arums) who promises to restore his face to its handsome glory IF he will be her lover. So she becomes his entourage as he becomes a celebrity of sorts. Soon he is hired by a police force in Wisconsin to help catch a serial killer.
When you watch something by the late, great Mr. Lewis, you know you won't get something very slick technically, and you certainly won't get something very well acted. But that NEVER means that the "acting" in these epics doesn't entertain in its own fumbling way. McCabe is a hilariously obnoxious, insufferable prick, and Elizabeth Lee is delightful as the *other* incarnation of the old crone, the young hottie whom the rest of the world sees. William Brooker is a hoot as a karate student / playboy / doctor who's sent to possibly debunk Mitchs' abilities, and recruit him for the government should he turn out to be the real deal. Jeffrey Allen of "Two Thousand Maniacs!" pops up in a small role as a doctor, but what is truly a gas is seeing Lawrence J. Aberwood as the police chief (he's the infamous "All you kids make me sick..." guy from HGLs' roughie "Scum of the Earth").
Highlighted by a nicely strange L.S.D. trip sequence, and the "attack by blanket" scene, "Something Weird" is given a jazzy score by Edward J. Petan. Written and produced by James F. Hurley, it gets down to business quickly (with a murder playing out behind the opening credits) and offers up a delicious resolution and comeuppance.
Seven out of 10.
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