Joan Hackett

The Terminal Man (1974)

The Terminal Man (1974)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 5, 2001Neurosurgical Experiment Amok/Michael Crichton Adaptation
Adaptation of a Michael Crichton book about an experimental neurological implant that ends up going amok. This adopts the blinding white-on-white look that has chilling effect in the early hospital sections but stifles the drama when it is extended to the real world too
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Reflections of Murder (1974)

Reflections of Murder (1974)
Rating: ★★★
Sep 26, 2013Les Diaboliques Remake
This tv movie was the first English-language remake of the classic French thriller Les Diaboliques. It follows the original closely and still works effectively, although being shot in colour rather than black-and-white lacks the stark tension. Sam Waterston gives a performance of amazing cruelty as the husband
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The Possessed (1977)

The Possessed (1977)
Rating: ★
Mar 5, 2020Evil Happenings at a Girl's Boarding School
This was a copy of The Exorcist made for tv. Unable to replicate that film's gross-out effects, all that we get is a girl's boarding school beset by supernatural fires. An amazing cast line-up, including an unknown Harrison Ford as a teacher having an affair with a pupil before getting set on fire
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