Search - Blood Soaked Cinema: Tormented Souls on DVD

A dozen doses of death

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 09/25/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Highlights of this collection are a cult favorite that's set at an abandoned amusement park, a star-studded made-for-TV fright film and a journey into the seamy underbelly of the big city.



"Carnival of Souls" grows in stature with each passing year. Candace Hilligoss is perfectly cast as a woman detached from humanity after the car she was riding in plunges off a bridge into a river, and she emerges as the lone survivor.



"Death at Love House" has the restrictions of 1970s network TV working against it, in spite of an outstanding cast. In this one, a young man is possessed by the spirit of a dead movie queen-- a woman who once had an affair with his father.



"God Told Me To" has a Catholic police detective investigating murders he believes are related to the occult underworld in NYC.



For another dozen dark and deadly movies check out BLOOD SOAKED CINEMA: A TASTE OF EVIL.



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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.



(7.1) Carnival Of Souls (1961) - Candace Hilligoss/Sidney Berger/Herk Harvey/Frances Feist

(3.8) Cathy's Curse (France/Canada-1977) - Alan Scarfe/Beverly Murray

(5.1) Death at Love House (TV-1976) - Robert Wagner/Kate Jackson/Sylvia Sidney/Joan Blondell/John Carradine/Dorothy Lamour/Bill Macy

(1.4) Die Hard Dracula (1998) - Bruce Glover/Denny Sachem/Kerry Dustin

(4.4) Dominique Is Dead ("Dominique") (UK-1978) - Cliff Robertson/Jean Simmons/Ron Moody/David Tomlinson

(5.5) The Ghost (Italy-1963) - Barbara Steele/Peter Baldwin

(2.3) Girls Nite Out (1984) - Julia Montgomery/James Carroll/Rutanya Alda

(6.2) God Told Me To (1976) - Tony Lo Bianco/Sandy Dennis/Sylvia Sidney

(3.6) Good Against Evil (TV-1977) - Dack Rambo/Dan O'Herlihy/Kim Cattrall (minor role)

The Harvesters (2000) - Diane Luby Lane/Robert Lee/Krystal Amber

(4.7) Invisible Ghost (1941) - Bela Lugosi/Polly Ann Young

(5.0) Unhinged (1982) - Laurel Munson/Janet Penner/Sara Ansley"