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December 1st
Diary of a Madman (1963)
Magistrate Vincent Price inherits a malevolent invisible evil spirit (A Horla) when he accidentally kills a condemned murderer in prison. This entity forces him to then slash lovely opportunist model Nancy Kovack to death after she finishes posing for his amateur sculptures.
This is fairly standard horror fare for Price even though he seems to be having a field day in a role pretty much tailor made for him. The film has a lovely nineteenth century period feel to it and the overall effect is very Corman-esq. Whilst not the greatest Gothic horror of the sixties this is never the less well worth watching.
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