The Sorcerers is a 1967 horror movie directed by Michael Reeves and starring Ian Ogilvy, Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey and Susan George.
Professor Monserrat(Karloff) is advertising his services as a hypnotist. He has a plan. A man called Michael(Ogilvy) is at a club with his girlfriend, Nicole(Elizabeth Ercy). The professor and his wife, Estelle(Lacey) have a machine and they need a person to test it out. Michael is walking alone when he meets the Professor. They get chatting and Monserrat offers him an experience he will never forget. Michael follows him back to his house. The Professor has a laboratory and he tells Michael that he is a hypnotist and he has a special machine which he uses for his hypnosis. Michael doesn't seem too worried about it. He gets hypnotised and the experiement is a success. The Professor and his wife can control Michael and his thoughts. The Professor tells him that he will remember nothing about it when he leaves their house.
Michael goes back to the club and is unaware of what has happened. Estelle wants Michael to bring her a fur coat. They concentrate on him and he leaves his girlfriend to bring them the coat. Estelle enjoys controlling him. Michael tells his girlfriend that he thinks he did something bad but he can't remember it. Michael and Nicole go into the country on a motorbike. Estelle makes him speed on the bike. His friend Alan(Victor Henry) is upset because it was his bike. Michael fights with him. He attacks Alan's boss too. He is acting crazy. Nicole is horrifed by his behaviour. Monserrat is not happy with his wife. She is getting carried away. He tells her that he will stop her. She tells him that he can't.
The Professor tells her that he will go to the police and she trips him up and breaks the machine. She hits him. She makes Michael kill a woman. Nicole and Alan read about it in the paper and they become suspicious of Michael. They look for him. The police are closing in on him too. Michael has no memory of doing anything. They talk to him and tell him what happened. Estelle controls him and makes him pull a knife on them. Alan and Michael fight and the police are on the way. He runs off. He drives off. Estelle is losing her grip on him. The Professor tries to get into his mind. He makes Michael crash the car. It explodes and he dies. In the end, the Professor and Estelle are also burned because of their link to Michael.
This was a fun film and I enjoyed it. The cast were good and there was enough to keep me entertained. I would recommend this, I will give it a 5/10.
