A routine but passable horror movie about Egyptian possession with a surprising final twist , including chills , thrills , turns and eerie events . When a rich man dies , some items from a collection are robbed , as an ancient Egyptian gold amulet and the mummy that was wearing it. The police Inspector Marco (Stuart Whitman) is investigating the weird deeds , attemting to solve a string of killing committed by a mysterious black cat . As the detective consults an University professor , Roger Eddmonds (David Hedison) , to help with the investigation, which is taking a more serious turn as more and more people are murdered by wounds that seem to be from a housecat . Along the way , the professor falls for a young woman named Rena Carter (Meredith Baxter) , who just starts working at the antiques shop run by the suspicious elderly Hester Black (Gale Sondergaard).
Suspenseful and interesting horror thriller with intriguing events , twists and turns . Acceptable frightening movie , concerning a Detective and an Egyptology Professorinvestigating a series of murders committed by a mysterious black cat that may connect to a deceased collector's Egyptian mummy . A Fairly TV Horror-Mystery-Thriller with several eerie events and plot twists . It turs out to be a decent shocker movie , belonging to sub-genre of Egyptian curses whose main representation was ¨The Mummy¨ followed by several sequels . Frightening film in which terror has four cat paws with plenty of thrills , chills , scary scenes and astonishing attacks , as well as various red herrings and tracks that may not be what they seem . Horror tale with usual ingredients as possession , violent events , grisly crimes and fantastic elements . The plot is plain and simple, an Egyptian medaillon is robbed resulting in fateful and disastrous effects by packing a terrible and malicious curse . This film is played absolutely straight , making it one of the most ill-conceived attempts at a scary movie I have ever seen on TV . The problem I have with this movie was just the ridiculously dumb and absurd premise . Not a very notoable film, but acceptable and passable it would have been a better conclusion . Along with starring trio giving nice acting : David Hedison , Meredith Baxter , Stuart Whitman , appearing a lot of familar faces , such as : Gale Sondergaard , John Carradine , Renne Jarrett , Keye Luke , Kent Smith , Milton Parsons , Peter Lorre Jr. , Virgil Frye , John Abbott .
It displays a thrilling and suspenseful musical score Leonard Rosenman , as well as appropriate and atmospheric cinematography by Charles Rosher in television style . The motion picture was professionally directed by Curtis Harrington , though it has some flaws , shortfalls , and failures . Curtis was a craftman who made films in all kinds of genres . And in Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) Curtis Harrington providing tension and suspense enough . Curtis Harrington was a good artisan in B-territory . In 1961 he made a strong and impressive feature-film debut with the nicely moody and quirky Night tide (1961) with Dennis Hooper. His follow-up features were a pleasingly diverse , idiosyncratic and often entertaining bunch , and included the delightfully campy Shelley Winters vehicles as Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) , What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) ,the perverse The Killing Kind (1973) and the immensely fun Ruby (1977). Moreover , Harrington directed a handful of solid and satisfying made-for-TV offerings: The cat (1973), Killer bees (1974), The Dead Don't Die (1975) and the terror animal Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) , as well as TV episodes from The Twilight Zone, The Colby , Dynasty , Wonder woman , Hotel , among others . Rating : 5.5/10. Decent and acceptable horror picture in spite its shortcomings and gaps.
Suspenseful and interesting horror thriller with intriguing events , twists and turns . Acceptable frightening movie , concerning a Detective and an Egyptology Professorinvestigating a series of murders committed by a mysterious black cat that may connect to a deceased collector's Egyptian mummy . A Fairly TV Horror-Mystery-Thriller with several eerie events and plot twists . It turs out to be a decent shocker movie , belonging to sub-genre of Egyptian curses whose main representation was ¨The Mummy¨ followed by several sequels . Frightening film in which terror has four cat paws with plenty of thrills , chills , scary scenes and astonishing attacks , as well as various red herrings and tracks that may not be what they seem . Horror tale with usual ingredients as possession , violent events , grisly crimes and fantastic elements . The plot is plain and simple, an Egyptian medaillon is robbed resulting in fateful and disastrous effects by packing a terrible and malicious curse . This film is played absolutely straight , making it one of the most ill-conceived attempts at a scary movie I have ever seen on TV . The problem I have with this movie was just the ridiculously dumb and absurd premise . Not a very notoable film, but acceptable and passable it would have been a better conclusion . Along with starring trio giving nice acting : David Hedison , Meredith Baxter , Stuart Whitman , appearing a lot of familar faces , such as : Gale Sondergaard , John Carradine , Renne Jarrett , Keye Luke , Kent Smith , Milton Parsons , Peter Lorre Jr. , Virgil Frye , John Abbott .
It displays a thrilling and suspenseful musical score Leonard Rosenman , as well as appropriate and atmospheric cinematography by Charles Rosher in television style . The motion picture was professionally directed by Curtis Harrington , though it has some flaws , shortfalls , and failures . Curtis was a craftman who made films in all kinds of genres . And in Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) Curtis Harrington providing tension and suspense enough . Curtis Harrington was a good artisan in B-territory . In 1961 he made a strong and impressive feature-film debut with the nicely moody and quirky Night tide (1961) with Dennis Hooper. His follow-up features were a pleasingly diverse , idiosyncratic and often entertaining bunch , and included the delightfully campy Shelley Winters vehicles as Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) , What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) ,the perverse The Killing Kind (1973) and the immensely fun Ruby (1977). Moreover , Harrington directed a handful of solid and satisfying made-for-TV offerings: The cat (1973), Killer bees (1974), The Dead Don't Die (1975) and the terror animal Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) , as well as TV episodes from The Twilight Zone, The Colby , Dynasty , Wonder woman , Hotel , among others . Rating : 5.5/10. Decent and acceptable horror picture in spite its shortcomings and gaps.