Louise Haloran's (Luana Anders) husband dies suddenly. She realizes she won't get a cent from his inheritance if this is found out. She hides the body and goes to the Haloran estate (an Irish castle) for some creepy ceremony saying her husband had business concerns. Then axe murders start...
This has REALLY been overpraised by a few posters. Just because Coppola made it it doesn't mean it's automatically a good movie. And Coppola later on went to make one of the worst horror films of all time--"Bram Stoker's Dracula". It was made on next to no budget (it shows) with a script Coppola whipped up overnight. Also, with the exception of the axe murders, the direction is uninspired. The script is bad with plenty of dull spots (one character talks endlessly about the same dream TWICE); the identity of the murderer is laughably obvious and the acting is just terrible. Most of the prints available are in lousy shape too.
The only reasons to really see this are the axe murders--they're VERY scary (especially the first when Anders comes out of the water) and pretty gory for its day (it would probably still get an R today). Also there is a creepy music score and the setting (an actual castle in Ireland) is beautiful. I just wish the acting had been better and good luck figuring out the plot.
A 6--only for the murders.
This has REALLY been overpraised by a few posters. Just because Coppola made it it doesn't mean it's automatically a good movie. And Coppola later on went to make one of the worst horror films of all time--"Bram Stoker's Dracula". It was made on next to no budget (it shows) with a script Coppola whipped up overnight. Also, with the exception of the axe murders, the direction is uninspired. The script is bad with plenty of dull spots (one character talks endlessly about the same dream TWICE); the identity of the murderer is laughably obvious and the acting is just terrible. Most of the prints available are in lousy shape too.
The only reasons to really see this are the axe murders--they're VERY scary (especially the first when Anders comes out of the water) and pretty gory for its day (it would probably still get an R today). Also there is a creepy music score and the setting (an actual castle in Ireland) is beautiful. I just wish the acting had been better and good luck figuring out the plot.
A 6--only for the murders.