Who Saw Her Die?Movie Review

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Who Saw Her Die? is a 1972 giallo movie directed by Aldo Lado and starring George Lazenby and Anita Strindberg.

The film begins in France in 1968. A child wanders off on her own into the woods. A figure takes her and kills her. She is buried in the snow. Someone in a black veil murdered her. Cut to Venice in 1972.  A father is waiting for his daughter, Roberta. She is arriving in Venice. Her father is Franco(Lazenby) and her mother is Elizabeth(Strindberg). Franco is a sculptor. A black veiled person is watching Roberta. A man called Serafian(Adolfo Celi) sells Franco's pieces for him. He gives Roberta a present of a necklace. The mysterious black veiled person is watching. Franco meets a woman called Gabriella and he leaves Roberta outside with the other children. He has sex and forgets his daughter. She is left alone when the other kids disappear. The killer approaches her. 

Franco goes looking her her. He asks the locals if they have seen her. He asks one of the kids who have her necklace. He asks the local priest, Father James(Alessandro Haber) but he doesn't know. Franco geos to the police. Roberta's body is found in the river. Franco and Elizabeth have a funeral. The Inspector is on the case. Franco blames himself. They end up talking to the father of another dead child but he isn't interested in talking about it. Franco asks around but there isn't much information. Franco finds a woman who might be able to help, but she is killed. 

Franco talks to a man who points him in the direction of Serafian. The inspector talks to him. The killer is dispatching anyone who might have information. Franco wants to talk to Serafian and he looks for him. He finds him dead. The killer is after Elizabeth. She has a letter that could incriminate him. Elizabeth runs to the church to Father James. Franco realises who the killer is. Elizabeth looks at the letter and also realises who it is. The killer is Father James. Franco turns up and he fights the priest. Somehow the priest ends up on fire and he falls out of the window. The case has been solved. Father James was not a priest at all.  Franco and Elizabeth head off together, glad that they have found who killed their daughter. 

This film reminded me of Don't Look Now and dealt with some similar themes. This isn't as good as that movie, but it is a good film. I liked the many suspects and the twists and turns that this had. It is a decent whodunit. I enjoyed it and I give it a 6/10.

#Missing Couple Movie Review

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Missing Couple is a 2024 found footage horror movie directed by Jacques Edeline and Oliver Mauldin.

The film revolves around an internet couple who have a blog online showing their lives and stuff like that. They are Austin and Janna and they have their dog with them. They are relocating to a house in the middle of nowhere. It is surrounded by woods and is very remote.We see them posting all of their moments in the house and the beauty of the area in which they are. They explore their new land and everything seems fine. Austin puts up cameras around the property. We discover that Austin and Janna have gone missing and nobody has heard anything from them. Cut to an internet investigator who has a show called Found Persons Report. He tells his viewers that Austin and Janna are friends of his and he is going to go up to their house to look for clues to their disappearance.

We follow him as he drives up there and goes to their house. He looks around the area and he wonders what is going on. Their vehicle is still there and all of their belongings are present. The house looks as if someone were living in it. There is no sign of foul play or blood. The investigator decides to camp out in the woods. He doesn't like it. He thinks that someone was watching the couple and that whoever that person was is responsible for their disappearance. Strange things happen. We see videos of Austin and Janna as they receive a gift in a box. It is Janna's toothbrush. She freaks out and wants to leave as this means that someone was in their house.

Things get stranger from there. There are weird dark figures on the camera that is outside. Austin can't explain what they are. They look around and find out that the area was the scene of a tragedy and they think it might have something to do with the odd occurences. Janna talks to some of the locals and she wants to look into it more but Austin doesn't want to. The investigator looks at their videos and sees the strange things too. It becomes apparent that he is no friend of theirs. He is a stalker who loves Janna. The couple open up and they tell their viewers that the person has been stalking them and that is why they moved to somewhere remote. 

He found out where they are and he has decided to come and look for them. He is a sick man. The weird creatures prowl around at night and frighten him. He isn't sure what is going on. There is a weird dark pond thing on the property and he approaches it and gets knocked into it. The weird creatures are there or are they the couple? The ending isn't very clear to me. I suppose you can draw your own conclusions.

This is a fun film. The couple could be anyone you see on the internet. It's an interesting story though, because at first, you think that the investigator is their friend, but after a while, you can notice little things that point to him as a stalker. I liked that. The ending was so so . I felt like they could have kept it as a straight stalker movie and the couple could have lured him there to kill him. I didn't think that the supernatural part was necessary but I can let that go because I did enjoy this. It was a surprise to me. I didn't expect much but I found it entertaining. I will give it a 5/10.

Dr.Jekyll and Sister Hyde Movie Review

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Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a 1971 horror movie directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim and Susan Brodrick.

Dr. Henry Jekyll(Bates) is writing his life story. It begins with him being visited by Professor Robertson(Sim). Jekyll is working on an elixir of life. He is watched by a neighbour called Susan(Brodrick). She likes him. Jekyll seeks bodies for his experiments. He ends up making a deal with two bodysnatchers, Burke and Hare. They bring him a female corpse. He is worried about how they got her. They murdered her. Susan introduces herself to Jekyll and she invites him to join her and her family for dinner, but he refuses. He decides to drink the elixir. It changes him into a woman. Susan hears strange noises and her brother, Howard(Lewis Fiander) checks on him and he finds a woman. Susan is upset by this news.

Jekyll changes back to himself. He runs into Susan and informs her that the woman is his sister. Susan brings him some food. He kills a prostitute after Burke and Hare are caught. He runs into a blind man and gets blood on his cane. The police find the body and call in Professor Robertson. The professor tells them that killer was skilled. Susan drops in to see Jekyll but he throws her out as he is changing. Edwina Hyde(Beswick) makes a dress for herself. She meets Howard. Jekyll is killing women and hoping that the police think it is someone else like Jack the Ripper. Robertson is suspicious.

Edwina goes out and is spotted by Robertson and the police, who are watching the house.  She picks up a drunk woman and she kills her. Jekyll can't control her. She is starting to take over. Robertson calls to see Jekyll but ends up meeting Edwina instead. He talks to her about Jekyll and she seduces him and kills him. Jekyll is horrified when he realises what she has done. Edwina says that she wants him gone. She meets Howard and they become close. Jekyll tells Susan to stay away from Edwina. He says that she could get hurt. Susan goes out alone and Edwina follows her. She wants to kill her. Jekyll stops her. The blind man tells the police about a doctor who carves up bodies just like the ripper. The police know that it is Jekyll. He runs away from them but ends up changing into Edwina and falling to his death.

This is a good film. It is strange because Jekyll's alter ego is a woman. It is also a Hammer movie, so you know it will be worth watching. I think the cast were good and the story keeps you entertained. I definitely recommend this one. I will give it a 6/10.

Land Shark Movie Review

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Land Shark is a 2017 horror/ Sci-Fi movie directed by Mark Polonia and starring Sarah French and Peter Baldo.

The film begins with a woman who is walking on the beach. She notices a shark but goes sunbathing. It attacks her on the beach. Cut to MALCO Oceanic Research facility. A worker called Lucinda(French) talks to Dr. Foster(Baldo) about strange things happening with their sharks. He tells her that it isn't possible. He speaks to his boss, Dr. Lorca(Kathryn Sue Young) about it. They are involved in some plan together. They are experimenting with sharks. Lucinda notices that a shark is missing. Foster tells her that he has it. The shark claims more victims. This is a shark that can survive on land. How can that be?????

Lucinda and Foster find the body of a worker at the centre. Dr. Foster won't allow her to report it. He tells her that she has to help him cover it up or lose her job. She has no choice. They talk to Lorca and she threatens Lucinda. Foster informs her that they are trying to make sharks to adapt to living on land so that they can be used by the military. Three of their sharks are on the loose. Lorca tells them that they have to find the sharks and kill them all. When Lucinda is out of the room, she tells Foster that he has to take care of Lucinda when the sharks are dead. Foster and Lucinda head off to find the sharks.

They have a tracker to trace the sharks. Foster has a laser gun. They meet a homeless guy who says that he saw a land shark. They split up to search. They find one. They shoot it and they burn it. Two fishermen get another one and kill it. There is one left. It kills the homeless guy. Lucinda and Foster arrive at an old house where the tracker says the last shark is. They find it and he comes after them. They shoot at it. The shark goes into the river and they manage to get it out and electrocute it. Foster has been bitten and he feels unwell. He tells her that they have gotten all the sharks. He injects himself with the same serum that he used on the sharks. He turns into some sort of man shark hybrid. Lucinda tries to kill him. She ends up doing it but he tells her that there are other experiments. The movie ends with a shark jumping up in the water.

This film is cheap and silly. I mean, when you have a title like Land Shark, it can't be taken seriously. This was fun but the film was just too cheap. The shark was obviously rubber and the special effects were dire. The acting was bad but I still think that there is fun to be had here. If you know what you are getting, then you won't be disappointed. Just be warned. I give this a 3/10.