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Episode 56 - Castle Freak (1995)
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Not really sure what one should expect from a movie whose genesis began with the premise "there's a castle and there's a freak", but prepare yourself for a pretty emotionally mature exploration of loss, grief, and inescapable fate handed down through a cursed family's bloodline propped up by admirable performances from Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. But since it's a low-budget Stuart Gordon film produced by Charles Band, also prepare yourself for ham-fisted exploitation that undercuts a lot of the film's emotional maturity and an adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Outsider" that is tenuous at best.
And click here if you want to listen to the Post-Mortem with Mick Garris episode in which he interviews Charles Band.
Check out The Cast of Cthulhu on Facebook or Twitter and email any questions or comments to moviesofmadness@gmail.com.
86 episodes
Manage episode 332302613 series 3294594
Not really sure what one should expect from a movie whose genesis began with the premise "there's a castle and there's a freak", but prepare yourself for a pretty emotionally mature exploration of loss, grief, and inescapable fate handed down through a cursed family's bloodline propped up by admirable performances from Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. But since it's a low-budget Stuart Gordon film produced by Charles Band, also prepare yourself for ham-fisted exploitation that undercuts a lot of the film's emotional maturity and an adaptation of Lovecraft's "The Outsider" that is tenuous at best.
And click here if you want to listen to the Post-Mortem with Mick Garris episode in which he interviews Charles Band.
Check out The Cast of Cthulhu on Facebook or Twitter and email any questions or comments to moviesofmadness@gmail.com.
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