First off, Mark Lester (whom you might recognize as the titular character from Oliver!) is the first actor to be billed in both the opening and ending credits, despite the fact that Britt Ekland (his supposed co-star) had the majority of screen-time in the film. I mean, I guess he was a big name actor at the time. But Ekland has had a career that has apparently lasted much longer than his has, so what was even the point?
Other issues that I had were acting and the pacing. The acting was mostly wooden and the pacing was incredibly tedious. Nothing happens for 80-90 minutes, that is with the exception of a woman dying in her bathtub in the opening scene and the central young boy getting run over by a car at the very end; there's also a cliff note involving the boy and the woman being sexually involved, but that was as much as I could take in.
The last issue that I have was the nudity, or lack there of. I mean, we saw plenty of it in from the opening scene (specifically from another actress), but it appeared to be toned down for the rest of the film. From what I've read, Britt Ekland has been comfortable with being filmed naked, but only from the waist up apparently. She later did a similar scene in The Wicker Man. And do to her being pregnant during filming, a body double had to be used for her rear shots, which is understandable. However, if she opposed to having her rear end filmed, but had no problem with showing her t*ts, I can only assume that she's had mild self-esteem issues.
As a horror film, it hardly ever comes close to being scary. And as a film alone, it's not very entertaining.
Other issues that I had were acting and the pacing. The acting was mostly wooden and the pacing was incredibly tedious. Nothing happens for 80-90 minutes, that is with the exception of a woman dying in her bathtub in the opening scene and the central young boy getting run over by a car at the very end; there's also a cliff note involving the boy and the woman being sexually involved, but that was as much as I could take in.
The last issue that I have was the nudity, or lack there of. I mean, we saw plenty of it in from the opening scene (specifically from another actress), but it appeared to be toned down for the rest of the film. From what I've read, Britt Ekland has been comfortable with being filmed naked, but only from the waist up apparently. She later did a similar scene in The Wicker Man. And do to her being pregnant during filming, a body double had to be used for her rear shots, which is understandable. However, if she opposed to having her rear end filmed, but had no problem with showing her t*ts, I can only assume that she's had mild self-esteem issues.
As a horror film, it hardly ever comes close to being scary. And as a film alone, it's not very entertaining.