The Terror1963
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- Jonathan Haze - Gustaf
- Boris Karloff - Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
- Sandra Knight - Helene/ Ghost of Ilsa The Baroness Von Leppe
- Dick Miller - Stefan (as Richard Miller)
- Dorothy Neumann - Katrina, Witch/ Eric's Mother
- Jack Nicholson - Lt. Andre Duvalier
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Member Reviews (3)
Once upon a time, in a land called Hollywood, there were filmmakers who took risks. While “The Terror” is arguably Roger Corman’s weakest entry in his Poe-era films with American International Pictures, it’s also a sterling example of the Corman movie machine in action. Corman was a good filmmaker, but he was an even better film manager with a legendary team around him, from veteran cinematographer Floyd Crosby, to innovative production designer Daniel Haller, and up and comers like Francis Ford Coppola and Peter Bogdanovich. So the real story of “The Terror” is a story of calculated risk. Got nice fancy movie set and a couple of free days to use it? Why not make a picture! What the Hell! Make some phone calls, whip up a script, and roll the dice! This is a movie with nothing to lose and everything to gain—which is something that doesn’t really happen in the movie business of today. If nothing else, this film has entertaining presence of Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, and Corman’s ace-in-the-hole, the one and only Dick Miller. So be like Roger Corman, and take a chance on this one…what the Hell!
Worth watching, but beware: the movie is slapdash; Boris Karloff is finely aristocratic, as in the stage production of "The Lark" with Julie Harris; Jack Nicholson nonchalant about not being the least bit French, good looking without flaunting, his flat diction already snidely curling at the ends of lines, sometimes; Roger Corman a good cook with left-over ingredients.
I found it boring and contrite not worth watchin for more than 5 minutes even boris Karloff cannot save this one was very low budget at best !
"The Terror" is a far from perfect film, but there's quite a bit here to make it worth watching beyond the first five minutes. Yes, it was a low-budget film, but quite innovative in the use of those tiny production costs.