The film is set in a private boarding school in the late1950s with institutional violence as its theme. The lead roles are colossally underwritten surely the unconvincing way they fall into bed together is part of wallaces 40% in a film featuring robots, its even more of a problem than it normally would be when your main characters behave like automata programmed with a pianola roll of cliched genre behaviour. For me, as a fan of clint howard, and lover of bad movies in general, i really enjoy this movie. To stanley hazing has become an unfortunate part of his everyday life.
Hes a welfare student for a military school and is basically at the bottom of the pecking order. Evilspeak shows promise and it occasionally becomes an effective horror film, but it lacks consistency. During the 70s, both brothers starred in a spate of schlocky b movies like eat my dust. Six spoilt, rich kids including three female paris hilton wannabes, and the token black boy who predictably is made the scapegoat for much of the ensuing mayhem take off to a private island. Evilspeak is one of those films that i cant really say anything bad.
If youre in the mood for a slow build horror film, you may like it, but if you want something that. It was rereleased some years later on video but in a heavilycut version. Trailers desperate lives 1982, time walker 1982, the dead and the deadly 1982 i couldnt get into all the family dynamics and drama, but it gets pretty good when goopy sea goat monsters or demonic frogs. The film stars clint howard as an outcast cadet named stanley coopersmith, who frequently gets tormented by his mates and advisers at a military academy. The film was nominated for two academy awards for best production design and best song score and its adaptation. One of the many films banned on the video nasties list in the 1980s, evilspeak actually stands the test of time when it comes to its guts and gore. The evil within is a 2017 american horror film written and directed by andrew getty and starring frederick koehler, michael berryman, and sean patrick flanery. Evilspeak 1982 eric weston synopsis, characteristics. One day it all changes when he is given a punishment duty of cleaning the academys chapels basement. Nothing here excels, but i suspect fans will like this rendition of the film. Its a long haul to get to the revenge portion of the film, and while we get a few things at around the hour mark, its not until the last 1520.
Its a long haul to get to the revenge portion of the film, and while we get a few things at around the hour mark, its not until the last 1520 minutes of the film where things really break loose. But, after viewing this movie, clint howards cinematic difficulties wont be any mystery to you. Its 1982, and amongst the polished studio horror and the repetitive indie slashers, a tiny little film from an unknown director pops onto the scene. Professional weirdo clint howard plays one of his more interesting oppressedgeek roles in this occult revenge thriller about a tormented militaryschool nerd apparently in his midthirties.
Us distributor the moreno company hacked up the film shortly before. This film made it onto the dpps notorious list of banned films in the early 1980s. Apr 25, 2014 check out this theatrical trailer for the cult gore classic evilspeak. Evilspeak 1982, written and directed by eric weston, features ron howards lesser known, but more prolific brother clint howard both started out on the classic television series the andy griffith show, as opie and leon, respectively. Evilspeak 1981 r 1h 37min horror 26 february 1982 usa a military cadet who happens to.
Mar 14, 2017 a military cadet who happens to be a social outcast taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer. Costumista puo constatare film e gioco sul vostro lettore bluray. So coopersmith is too loud in his occult fun chamber located under the military school chapel when he wakes up sgt. Still, even with its ups and downs, its better than many of its peers. Upon finding a book of black mass that belonged to the evil medieval father esteban, he taps through a computer to conjure satan.
An outcast military cadet taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer. See more ideas about horror posters, horror movie posters and film posters. Originally titled the storyteller, the film was a personal project of getty, who largely selffinanced the estimated cost of four to six million dollars of the production that took 15 years to complete. Evilspeak is a very good forgotten gem of early 80s horror, and it deserves to be rediscovered by fans of horror. The 1982 horror film xray, also known as hospital massacre, is a. The film has a fun, quirky feel a little like a horror crossed with an 80s college movie. Its a little too inthrall to computer technology, like a lot of films of the era. Jeff bridges dealt with a pernicious cpu in tron 1982. Hear no evil is a 1982 madefortvmovie directed by harry falk jr. An outcast military cadet taps into a way to summon demons. Evilspeak was released on august 22, 1981 in japan, and february 26, 1982 in the united states.
Check out this theatrical trailer for the cult gore classic evilspeak. But somehow 1981s evilspeak serves as the seminal entry in this underexposed and vastly entertaining subgenre. The bluray provides average picture and audio and a decent set of supplements. Evilspeak has just been restored on bluray by 88 films, and for many this will be a first chance to see this film. Armstrong, joe cortese, clint howard, claude earl jones.
It remained banned for a number of years as part of the video recordings act 1984, thanks to its gory climax and themes of satanism. Evilspeak is an early 80s possessionrevenge flick that is a lot of funmostly for the wrong reasons but, is still a goofy, gory good time. Hong kong, 1980s, crazy animals did not know this going in preshow 1982 theme bc this was a birthday watch. Ill take the question literally as literally as possible that is. The plot is basically a rehash of carrie 1979 with a computerised demonic twist. He also has an intense fascination with the occult, leading him to investigate an arcane tome. Honestly, not much happens for the first hour of the film, except for coopersmiths repeated humiliation at the hands of bubba. Aug 07, 2018 ill take the question literally as literally as possible that is. Somewhere along the line, while most other production companies and studios were putting money toward knockoffs of friday the th and halloween someone thought it would be a good idea to mix the omen, carrie, and the exorcist with a computer.
Fear nothulu just reupped their streaming offerings with great new shows and movies. Although evilspeak has become better known in more recent years for the gory footage that it lost for an rrating and more complete versions overseas, it was the film s audacious plotting and the usually familyfriendly howards performance by turns sympathetic and overthetop that has the audience cheering on a climactic satanic bloodbath. Raccolta dei migliori film commedia, film comici, film di azione, documentari e tanto altro ancora. Armstrong in evilspeak 1981 lynn hancock in evilspeak 1981. The film may now seem pretty tame, even in its fully uncut incarnation. The story opens with a sequence from ages past where a spanish priest, father esteban richard moll is expelled from the church for his apparent turn to. He is endlessly tormented and harassed by his fellow students. Somewhere along the line, while most other production companies and studios were putting money toward knockoffs of friday the th and halloween someone thought it would be a good idea to mix the omen, carrie, and the exorcist with. Linformation sur le film, genre, classement, duree, photos, bandeannonce, synopsis et critiques des usagers. Although evilspeak has become better known in more recent years for the gory footage that it lost for an rrating and more complete versions overseas, it was the films audacious plotting and the usually familyfriendly howards performance by turns sympathetic and overthetop that has the audience cheering on a climactic satanic bloodbath. Much better than i expected it to be and certainly superior to many of the films of the best bmovies list, which i think the film deserves to be on. Daddys deadly darling original title r 1h 20min horror, drama april 1972 usa lynn hart is a disturbed young woman who escapes from a mental hospital where she was committed for killing her abusive father who raped her. The film has been completely restored from a newly discovered 35mm inter positive source including all of its long rumored scenes of bloody.
Evilspeak is a 1981 american horror film directed by eric weston and cowritten by weston and. Evilspeak 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. At first glance, it appears to be much of the same its populated with college students, a nubile woman with not enough clothing runs through the woods, and theres an intenselooking guy with. It stars gabrielle stone, carl jensen, mario guzman, olivia cavender, annalise cavender, elisabeth cavender, and sean wesley. The film does become in danger however, of being tripped up by its seenitall before aspects, which, unfortunately riddle it from the start. The 1080p hd presentation is proffered to us as an mpeg4avc file, framing the film in its original 1. Its a little too inthrall to computer technology, like a lot of films of the era, but. Evilspeak is a horror movie from the year 1981 things suck for stanley coopersmith clint howard.
Stealing a nurses uniform and car, lynn ends up in a small california town where she meets and shacks up with zambrini, an old farmer who runs the local motel. But somehow 1981s evilspeak serves as the seminal entry in. The film has been completely restored from a newly discovered 35mm interpositive source including all of its long rumored scenes of bloody. The films climax is wellearned because the film takes a leisurely pace towards the finish line all of stanleys revenge on the cadets takes up the last fifteen minutes, and really allows for the spookiness of the subject matter to sink in as we slowly watch poor stanleys mental strength slowly deteriorate. Now horror fans can watch this film uncut thanks to anchor bay. The movie was cited as a video nasty in the uk following its release on the videospace label. Evilspeak is a 1981 american horror film directed by eric weston and cowritten by weston and joseph garofalo. Jun 10, 2017 le film ismael 20 vostfr admin 20170610t19.
Stanley, played by clint howard, is a student in a military school and things are not going so well for him. Evilspeak may provide a laugh or two, but its too easily noticeable that theres just not much here, resulting in an empty film that feels stretched beyond its means. A military cadet who happens to be a social outcast taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer. Speak no evil is a 20 american independent horror film written and directed by roze and produced by gas mask films and financed by. The possession of sophie love film completo guarda. It stars gabrielle stone, carl jensen, mario guzman, olivia cavender, annalise cavender, elisabeth cavender, and. Clint howard has done better work, but here, he is quite good in his performance.
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