Sunday, July 12, 2015

The Dark (1979)


Film Ventures International
Directed by John Bud Cardos
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
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Author William Devane teams up with disgruntled newscaster Cathy Lee Crosby to track down the killer of his teenage daughter. The police are clueless as to who, or what, is tearing off heads and faces every night in L.A. Eventually they corner a very tall alien in torn clothing who shoots lasers out of his eyes. Slickly directed (originally by Tober Hooper, with a zombie instead of an alien) but ruined by ridiculous sci fi angle and flashy effects. They should have stuck with Hooper's version. 

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