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Release Date: 12 February, 2002 Retail Price: $9.95 OUR Price: $9.95 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (5 total) |
The Hearse Reviews
Decent Haunted House Movie, But Not Great
I had heard about this movie for a while but of course as with many of these classic horror movies, no rental stores carry it. So I ordered it for cheap and found that while it had faults, it was fairly entertaining. Trish Van Devere was in another haunted house movie also from 1980 called The Changeling with her then-husband George C. Scott. The Changeling is regarded by many (including myself) as one of the greatest haunted house movies of all time. Here she gets top billing and plays a woman who inherits a home in a small creepy town where all is not what it seems. Now this movie can't compare at all to The Changeling and I won't even try to do so, but there are a few suspenseful scenes that make this movie worth a look. Van Devere's acting and beauty is well portrayed here, but some of the other characters in this film are quite over the top and take away from the believability factor. You kind of get the feeling that the movie didn't take itself seriously at times. This is especially true during some of the chase scenes as they feel kind of haphazardly edited together thereby making them seem less scary. Then there's the music which is effective at times with its simple piano score, but then changes to typical Friday the 13th like piercing music that makes the movie feel annoying and cheap. As for the ending, it could have made more sense than it did, but overall The Hearse is well worth a look. They just don't make these type of old fashioned haunted house movies anymore.
The DVD like I said is cheap, but has somewhat decent video quality. Some scenes look pretty bad while others look a bit sharper, but overall the color scheme to this one is pretty bland. The sound is mono, and really sounds as you would expect a low budget movie from 1980 to sound. The only extra is the trailer, which is probably best not to watch until AFTER you see the movie. Still not a bad value for what it costs.
Weren't there any good ghost movies in the 80s?
Trish Van Devere plays a divorcee who moves into an old house, and before long she's up to her neck in wicked ghosts from the past. Among the evil demons who pursue her is the chauffeur of the vehicle from the film's title. Joseph Cotton is on hand as a grumpy lawyer who presents obstancles to Van Devere's taking legal possession of the house. The film has a few frightening moments, but it's really just another routine haunted-house movie.
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