Some highlights, but mostly tedious
RELEASED IN 1965 and directed by Daniel Haller, "Die, Monster, Die" (aka “Monster of Terror”) is a semi-Gothic horror about a young man (Nick Adams) who travels to the estate of his fiancé (Susan Farmer) in England. Unfortunately, her wheelchair-bound father (Boris Karloff) is curiously curmudgeonly and something strange is going on behind the scenes. The movie is based on HP Lovecraft’s story "The Colour Out of Space."
While this isn’t a vampire flick, the opening is reminiscent of Dracula (young man visits old man’s eerie chateau). I used to get thi…
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American "Reinhart" (Nick Adams) arrives in a small English village seeking the home of his girlfriend "Susan" (Susan Farmer). Shunned by the villagers, he must walk to the stately pile of her wheelchair-bound father "Naham" (Boris Karloff) whereupon things begin to become mysterious for the young visitor as he tries to find out what secrets are being kept hidden. The problem with this is that - well - nothing much actually happens. There is a very slight sense of menace, but there is nothing much by way of accumulation to that. Something is glowing in the greenhouse, and there is a rather ang…
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Lovecraftian sci-fi
This is all very Lovecraftian, and they do credit him for the story. They lifted elements from several stories, but the 'Color out of space' is the primary one. The plucky American can sort it out through, surely. The mention of cults and things don't get explored to any noticeable degree, and this is more sci-fi horror than cosmic horror, but still with a Lovecraftian vibe. It is a lovely little movie.
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