Stark Fear

lfelton092

It's One Of My Favorite Movies!!!!!!

g

Harsh and raw. Almost a copycat in many sequences. Some Hitch, some noir, the chef´s salad. It´s a weird kind of beauty. Well done, NWR.

Jeff Johnson

Thank You wonderful print—Strong performance by a very young Beverly Garland—before she had the strong persona that made her a STAR !

dionysus67

Well-acted stark noir set in the US oil-fields as, as rightly pointed out by another reviewer, has a touch of Hitchcock's Psycho not only in Garland's looks and the motel setting but also in the misogynism as a repressed hatred for the mother. It is also a story on faithfulness and gratitude and it looks quite good in the beginning and the oil-field landscape but, regrettably, turns rather quaint as the plot unfolds.

Brotherdeacon

2.5 stars. It gets a lot of mileage from the creepy, sexual tension between Beverly Garland and every male in the cast. Curious, bi-polar movie-making. If you're a single woman driving alone on a long highway, don't stop in the Bates Motel or the town of Queda, Alabama. And never share a bottle with any guy named "Chief."

Wee Hunk

Gorgeous print. There are some nice moments in this. A bit of a bummer that the men are rapey and violent.

J

Though I like the idea behind the byNWR stuff, frankly I haven't enjoyed many of the films associated with the project presented here. This one was okay at times. Good visual rendition. The intrigue of seeing a great copy of a film thought abandoned is satisfying in its way.

morgancurtis

Strange and oddly enjoyable feel: imagine Psycho-lite directed by George A. Romero instead of Hitch. I am now a Beverly Garland fan. I gave this film three stars for strange. Glad I saw it.