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Originally Posted by Slippery Jack  Deathline
I'd forgotten how strange this film is, and that Donald Pleasence pretty much single handedly made the film worth watching. The rest of it is a mess! The story ambles along without purpose in fits and starts, and the direction is dreary as hell. Then there's Christopher Lee, who appears in one needless scene seemingly just to get his name on the poster. Even then it's clear he was filmed seperately from the other actors in the scene! But Donald Pleasence man... he's bloody hilarious! Oh how I'd love to see that character in a better film . . . |
I must say I really do like Deathline, though. Dreary is right, and Donald Pleasance is great (although can do no wrong in my eyes anyway), as for the rest of it being a mess... maybe, but for me there's just something so atmospherically correct about it (including a certain jarring quality).