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Dear Dead Delilah (1972)

R | | Horror | 1972 (USA)
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The matriarch of a family living in an old Southern mansion finds that a killer is loose in the house, searching for a $50,000 fortune rumored to be hidden there, and murdering anyone getting in the way.

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... Delilah Charles
... Roy Jurroe
... Morgan Charles
... Doctor Alonzo Charles
Anne Meacham ... Grace Charles
Robert Gentry ... Richard
Patricia Carmichael ... Luddy Dublin
Elizabeth Eis ... Ellen
Ruth Baker ... Buffy
Ann Gibbs ... Young Luddy (as Anne Gibbs)
John Marriott ... Marshall
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The stern matriarch of a family that lives in a creepy mansion finds that a killer is hiding in the house, searching for a $500,000 fortune rumored to be hidden there and chopping off the heads of anyone who gets in the way. Written by Anonymous

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One of the actors in this movie, Robert Gentry, would go on to a career in soaps, most notably on All My Children, in which he played Ross Chandler. See more »

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During a sequence set in 1943, young Luddy sports an early Seventies shag hairdo. See more »

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Delilah Charles: How can I destroy people when they've already succeeded in destroying themselves?
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Drama with gore = classy and campy at the same time
6 August 2004 | by – See all my reviews

I thought the acting in this movie was great. Much better than your normal B-horror movies. Moorehead had a full sculpted character with perfect facial expressions, southern accent and dry, humorless yet honest remarks. I couldn't decide if I liked her or hated her, which is probably what she was trying to do.

The character of Luddy was unique, as well. She had an eerie presence to her, probably because of all the eye makeup she was in. Her character gave the movie more intrigue because you don't really understand what her purpose is. The young Luddy was interesting looking with her bad eye. I wonder why they didn't incorporate the bad eye into the older Luddy..??

I even liked Buffy and her line, "That's a big incompatibility between us because I could NEVER imagine drinking a martini without an olive!!" This is the angriest we see her, and it does a great job showing her optimistic, happy-go-lucky spirit amongst the white, spoiled, snobby people she's with. The disgusted glare she gets from Delilah when she puffs on a cigar was one of my favorite parts.

Even the characters of Grace and Marshall were well acted and unique. And Robert Gentry is pretty hot!

The acting and interesting characters make this movie more of drama than a horror. HOWEVER, these immensely gory scenes seem to come out of nowhere just to shake you up. I like this style! It's like a classy AND campy horror movie. Not that pure white-bred, rich, plantation owners in the south are really classy, but it gives you that illusion, anyway.

Rent this if you want to see a horror movie that strays from the usual b-horror path.
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