Fear No Evil (1969)
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 26,0 Mbps | 97 min | 18,1 Gb
Audio: English FLAC 2.0 @ 333 Kbps + Commentary track | Subtitles: English
Genre: Horror, Mystery
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 26,0 Mbps | 97 min | 18,1 Gb
Audio: English FLAC 2.0 @ 333 Kbps + Commentary track | Subtitles: English
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Director: Paul Wendkos
Writers: Guy Endore (story), Richard Alan Simmons
Stars: Louis Jourdan, Lynda Day George, Carroll O'Connor
A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who seems to have been possessed by an antique mirror. After he's killed in an alleged car accident, his fiancee sees him in the mirror and is beckoned into that realm…but is it really him?
FEAR NO EVIL is a sophisticated blend of suggested horror and surprising sexual content for its time ('69) and place (tv). I haven't seen this movie since it was first broadcast, and I wish it were available on video so I could reconfirm my impressions about it. The opening scene, at a party, in which Louis Jourdan intrigues and frightens his friends about the contents of a box in his possession, sets the tone for the film and is a masterfully edited sequence of the unknown and unseen that scares the viewer without resorting to gore or cheap shocks.
The plot of the picture, dealing with passion from beyond the grave, is exceptionally well done and quite daring and bold for a late-sixties tv movie. Again, I wish I had the opportunity to re-view the movie to re-experience the pleasure it gave me, so that the story would be fresher in my mind and I could do it more justice here.
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Audio Commentary by Film Historian/Screenwriter Gary Gerani
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