Saturday, January 24, 2015

The Cat and the Canary (1978)


A group of potential heirs gather in a forbidding old house to learn which of them will inherit a fortune and learn that a flesh-rending maniac is loose.

Slightly tongue-in-cheek and rather frumpy crime farce, which is surprising for a director better known for his adult erotic films.

Halliwell (no star): "An overpowerlingly cast but half-heartedly scripted remake, which after a spirited beginning bores more than thrills."

Maltin**1/2: "Entertaining remake...with a likable cast; reasonably faithful to the original..."


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