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 Night Of The Eagle (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1962 / Director: Sidney Hayers / Actors: Margaret Johnson, Peter Wyngarde ... / DVD ... more  Night Of The Eagle (DVD) ... released 30 April, 2007 at Optimum Home Entertainment / Features of the DVD: PAL / Norman Taylor is hated by other university lecturers when rumours of a major promotion circulate. He is hated so much that someone pervades his life with sinister occult spells...Newest Review: ... in a horror film. When we see Norman lecturing a class on the non-existence of magic at the start of the film, we can be ... more ... fairly sure he'll have eaten his words by the end of it. He's a curiously charmless lecturer (but then such people tend to be), but although he's a bit smug you don't actually want to see any serious harm befall him. He's played by Peter Wyngarde, some years before Jason King. It's odd seeing Wyngarde doing straight acting, and he's pretty good. He looks a little like Robert Powell with a better nose. His finest achievements remain Flash Gordon and his bizarro concept album, but it's nice to know he had the odd...more |
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Night Of The Eagle (DVD): Yet another horror film beginning with 'Night of...' (707 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 21.01.08 (Very useful, 98 readings)
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A review of just the film. The DVD can be had from amazon for about £7. This is a spooky British horror film from 1962. It's more in the subtle tradition of films like Night of the Demon than Hammer's garish gothics. It's in black and white and takes its time getting to the point, which may put a lot of people off, but on the whole I was kept entertained for its 80-odd minutes. Norman Taylor, a young lecturer, is rapidly advancing in his career. Unfortunately the wives of some of his colleagues resent both his success and his pretty American wife, Tansy. Although Norman is a thoroughgoing rationalist, his wife believes strongly in witchcraft. When ...
