Wicked, Wicked (1973)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Richard L. Bare

Writer:

Richard L. Bare (writer)

Release Date:

15 March 1974 (Finland)

Genre:

Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Duo-Vision. No Glasses - All You Need Are Your Eyes.

Plot:

A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique...

Plot Keywords:

Split Screen | Hotel | Blueprint | Organ Music | Child Molestation

Cast

David Bailey	...	Rick Stewart
Tiffany Bolling	...	Lisa James
Randolph Roberts	...	Jason Gant
Scott Brady	...	Police Sgt. Ramsey
Edd Byrnes	...	Henry Peter 'Hank' Lassiter
Diane McBain	...	Dolores Hamilton
Roger Bowen	...	Simmons, Hotel Manager
Madeleine Sherwood	...	Lenore Karadyne
Stefanianna Christopherson	...	Genny (as Indira Danks)
Arthur O'Connell	...	Mr. Fenley, Hotel Engineer
Jack Knight	...	Bill Broderick
Patsy Garrett	...	Mrs. Griswald - Housekeeper
Robert Nichols	...	Fred, Day Clerk
Kirk Bates	...	Owen Williams (as Kirk Bates and The Leaves of Grass)
Maryesther Denver	...	Adele Moffett - Organist

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:PG | West Germany:18 (nf) | UK:X (cut) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Hotel del Coronado - 1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado, California, USA

Company:

United National Productions

Trivia:

The organ music is originally from The Phantom of the Opera (1925).

Goofs:

Continuity: After serving Rick and Lisa their drinks, the tray that Hank's carrying jumps from his left hand to his right as he crosses the frame of the split-screen.

Quotes:

Rick Stewart: We don't need any beach freaks makin' out with the guests!

Movie Connections:

References The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Soundtrack:

I'll Be Myself

Silly but not bad

Movie takes place at a huge seaside hotel in California. In it handyman Jason (Randolph Roberts) attacks and kills blonde women. He then hides the bodies so they just go missing. The hotel has a security man searching for the people and beautiful Lisa James (Tiffany Bolling) is hired to sing there. She has black hair...but decides to wear a blonde wig which has Jason after her.

This was the first (and last) film shot in "Duo Vision"--basically a split screen used in 99.9% of the film (there are a few shots in the film not using it). It actually works pretty good sometimes. You see a person on one side of the screen and see what he's thinking of on the other. Still, it's just basically a gimmick to sell the film (it didn't work). The story itself is familiar and the killings are pretty non-bloody (this has a PG rating), but the acting itself is actually not half bad and the film kept my interest. Not a camp classic by any means but an OK film with a well-used split screen process. I give this a 7.