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Daily Nebraskan
Thursday, March 19, 1987
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Hazel Court, co-star of films like
"The Raven," "The Premature Bur
ial" and "Masque of the Red Death,"
is Linda, a widow who falls in love
with Dr. Blood until he offs a hobo
and puts his ticker in the body of
her deceased husband, Steve. The
husband with a hobo heart rises
from the dead looking'pretty worn
out and saddled with an unnatural
craving for soup kitchens and Box
car Willie albums. Lindathinkshe's
a creature from the bowels of the
earth (his mudpack is certainly
proof), so he chokes the zany doc
tor. The trailer bellowed, " 'Dr. Blood's
Coffin!' The gripping drama of a
man who calls on the power of the
devil to satisfy his insatiable lust for
the secrets of life and death." It's
not nearly that exciting, despite
some acting that's above par. The
film is directed by Sidney J. Furie,
whose output is erratic at best and
includes "The Ipcress File," the
wretched "Gable and Lombard" and
"Boys in Company C."
WOWTs Insomniac Theatre
Saturday, 4:55 a.m. WOWT,
ch. 6
"The Monster and the Girl"
(1941 J George Zucco
If there's one thing I won't stand
for it's deceit. There ain't no mons
ter in this. It's just a guy in a gorilla
suit who gets a brain transplant and
runs amok. Still, this is an unusual
offering considering it's fron Para
mount, which rarely stooped so low
as to do wretched little horror pics.
The subject matter is pretty twisted,
too. Gangsters kidnap a girl (Ellen
Dres) for prostitution. George Zucco,
a classy movie slimeball, transplants
the strumpet's brother's cerebrum
into an ape suit. The guy who plays
the hooker's brother was married to
Mommie Dearest. Somewhere in
there is the dude who did Jiminy
Cricket's voice. Now repeat after
me, "I'm no fool, no siree, I'm gonna
live to be 93!"
Monday, 1 1 p.m. USA, ch. 17
"TlieSeventh Victim" (1943)
Produced by Val Lewton.
Another great film (better than
"I Walked with a Zombie") from Val
Lewton and directed by rookie Mark
Robson.
Kim Hunter stars as Mary Gibson,
who comes to Manhattan to find her
sister, Jacqueline, who has disap
peared. Mary's sister is obsessed
with death and has contemplated
suicide as her only release. Mary
finds her sister's apartment fur
nished with only a noose above a
chair. With the help of Hugh "Ward
Cleaver" Beaumont, Mary discovers
that Jacqueline is a member of a
devil-worshipping cult known as the
Palladists. Because the sister has
betrayed the secrecy of the Palla
dists she, like six others before her,
must take her own life. Watch for a
shower scene that predates "Psy
cho" and Jacqueline's flight from a
knife-wielding Palladist in the
streets of Manhattan. Hold on to
your seat for the final scene. Lew
ton's philosophy that terror in
cinema can be "felt" and not neces
sarily "seen" reaches fruition.
This is a chilling, fascinating film
that is refreshingly downbeat and
less heralded than Lewton's other
films like "The Cat People." Joel
Siegal in "Reality of Terror" writes;
"The resignation and despair, the
awareness of death at the center of
all life is what 'The Seventh Victim'
is all about. Few films have treated
this subject with such intelligence,
eloquence, and grace."
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