Love Me Deadly (1973)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Jacques Lacerte

Writer:

Jacques Lacerte (writer)

Release Date:

January 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The Most Shocking Occult Ordeal Ever Permitted on the Screen!

Plot:

A coven of devil-worshipping necrophiliacs moves to Los Angeles and sets up their base of operations out of a funeral home. |

Plot Keywords:

Necrophilia | Independent Film

Cast

Mary Charlotte Wilcox	...	Lindsay Finch (as Mary Wilcox)
Lyle Waggoner	...	Alex Martin
Christopher Stone	...	Wade Farrow
Timothy Scott	...	Fred McSweeney
Michael Pardue	...	Lindsay's Father
Dassa Cates	...	House keeper
Terri Anne Duvalis	...	Lindsay as a Child
Louis Joeffred	...	McSweeney's Collegue
Bruce Adams	...	McSweeney's Collegue
Barbara Fisher	...	Prostitute
Edith Sills	...	Alex's Mother
Irving Rosen	...	Dinner Guest
H.B. Halicki	...	Race Driver (as Toby Halicki)
William Quinn	...	Billy-Jo (as I. William Quinn)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Jacobs	...	Love Slave
Barbra Rae	...	Prostitute

Also Known As:

Secrets of the Death Room (USA)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated (DVD rating) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Melrose, California, USA

Company:

United Talent Productions Ltd.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987) (V)

Soundtrack:

Love Me Deadly

Well-Made, Compelling Thriller for Its Time

Actually quite a well-made and off-beat thriller for its time; a Mr. Lobianco who wrote another "review" actually sounds quite a bit on the homophobic side, as the film has a brief bit of gay content but certainly NOT the "gay plot" he has it being. And there is certainly nothing wrong in the least with having gay content in a film to begin with. Actually well worth the time of viewing it; but out-of-print now to my knowledge. Mary Wilcox is not bad at all in the lead role; Lyle Waggoner is as wooden as a board as her devoted hubby; I saw no traces of a satanic cult in evidence, despite what a couple other viewers wrote. Definitely a necrophiliac cult, but satanism is not mentioned. The film's topic would be unusual in a film even today, let alone 1972 when the film originally played theaters. Actually quite surprising none of the multiple DVD companies have ever released this on home video, nor to my knowledge do they have an plans to do so. Considering some of the utter rubbish put out on the medium, it would be nice if one of them would make this available in a widescreen transfer for home libraries.