"Don't you know this house is cursed? You are cursed, and Edward's cursed, and everybody's cursed."
In Elizabethan England, the thoroughly unlikable Lord Edward Whitman (Vincent Price) earns the emnity of Oona (Elisabeth Bergner), the leader of a coven of witches, when he has her coven killed. In retaliation she calls forth a demon bent on exacting revenge on the Whitman family.
Treading a similar path as Witchfinder General, with Price playing a familiar character, and having a fine time doing so, hamming it up with aplomb. His prescence lifts a mundaine suspence piece up a level.
I haven't seen this (but want to; it's on the "soon coming" feature of Netflix's instant viewing for months but still nothing!), but I've heard that the titles of Cry of the Banshee were made/animated by Terry Gilliam.
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ReplyDeleteTerry Gilliam did indeed do the graphics for this - sod netflix's get over to stantheman's youtube channel and watch it...he's got some interesting stuff there, including Cry of the Banshee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP9WVy2_FpE
Yow! Those titles are definitely Gilliam's work--thanks!
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