The Alchemist (1983)
7/10
The epitome of a gem in the rough
19 September 2020
I knew I had seen this before when I saw it again recently. It's like a cross between Tales of the Unexpected, Phantasm, Nightwish and The Company of Wolves with that Dark Crystal type of fantasy musical arrangement. The special effects are way above what most movies of its time were pushing out especially for a movie like this.

There were some parts that needed some work like the dialog in the car scenes but I really thought the rest was very engaging. The movie glides along much like a dream matching the music perfectly. I liked it, it felt complete at the end and unraveled at a rate that isn't hard to follow.

A slightly surreal horror with a romantic story line with plenty of enjoyable special fx and good music. Enjoyable all the way till the end.
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