The Terror
United States
1963
81 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
France, 18th century. Lieutenant Andre Duvalier (Jack Nicholson) has been accidentally separated from his regiment. He is wandering near the coast when he sees a young woman (Sandra Knight) and asks her for directions to Coldon, where he hopes to rejoin his regiment. But the woman doesn’t answer, doesn’t even greet him and walks away. Eventually she takes him towards the sea, where she disappears in rough water. Andre loses consciousness while trying to follow her, and is attacked by a bird and awakes in a house where an old woman (Dorothy Neumann) claims never to have seen the woman. After he leaves, he sees the woman again, and while trying to follow her, is saved by a man from certain death. Andre learns that in order to help the girl, he must go to castle of Baron Von Leppe (Boris Karloff), and when he arrives, Andre sees the woman looking out of a window. However, Baron Von Leppe is old and seems reluctant to let Andre in… –IMDb
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Roger Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926), sometimes nicknamed “King of the Bs” for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this as inaccurate), is an Academy Award-winning American producer and director of low-budget movies, some of which have an established critical reputation: his cycle of films derived from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe for example. Corman is also a sometime actor, taking minor roles in such films as The Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather Part II, Apollo 13 and Philadelphia.
Corman has apprenticed many now-famous directors, stressing the importance of budgeting and resourcefulness; Corman once joked he could make a film about the fall of the Roman Empire with two extras and a sagebrush. One of the most expensive films he produced was Battle Beyond the Stars. —Wikipedia
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msmichel
19Feb13
Legendary Corman cheapie made directly after the completion of 'The Raven' on the same sets. Script..why bother? Yet the film does have a certain charm and a similar feel to the Poe adaptations that consumed Corman at the time. Add in a bizarre turn by Karloff, the miscasting of Nicholson as a French officer and the always reliable Dick Miller and you have a total treat for film buffs. coppola/hellman training ground
Robsaranga
1Nov12
A parte Boris Karloff non c'è un solo motivo valido per guardare questo film, a meno che non vogliate sghignazzare. In questo ultimo caso da non perdere Jack Nicholson, ufficiale napoleonico, che gira con una pistola a tamburo.
ΞRIC B∆D TASTΞ
12Aug12
the story is very lame - i only give 2 stars (instead of 1) because of the great duo & the ambient...
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By Konrad Szlendak on April 17, 2012
Among many Corman’s cult classics “The Terror” occupies a very particular space as the only picture, which took more than three weeks to wrap up. In fact, it took nine months before any editing might… read review
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