29.7.09

it! (1966)

aka Anger of the Golem. Curse of the Golem.
After a fire at a warehouse, a museum worker Pimm (Roddy McDowall) and his boss find only one item undamaged, a bizarre looking statue. Whilst distracted Pimm's boss dies, and when found the statue is in a slightly different position. Pimm delves into the history of the statue and finds it is the legendary Golem, created by Rabbi Loew in 16th century, is indestructible and prone to killing people.

A modern update of the Golem myth, with McDowall giving a nicely warped performance as a museum curator, who quickly goes power crazy in his pursuit of a young woman (Jill Haworth). Otherwise this is a slow paced horror, building an air of suspense, but taking too long to do so for many used to modern frenetically edited horrors.

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