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Cordio</B></div> <div> <B>Producer...........Filmirage Production Group</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer.....</B></div> <div> <B>Special Effects and Special Effects Make-up by James Ryder</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Dramatis Personae</U></B></div> <div> <B>Peter..................Gene Le Brock (</B><B>Fortress of Amerikkka, Metamorphosis</B><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Father George..David Brandon</B></div> <div> <B>Annie..................Barbara Bingham</B></div> <div> <B>Martin.................Michael Stephenson (</B><B>Troll II</B><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Carole................Theresa F. Walker</B></div> <div> <B>Rev. Jonathan....Stephen Brown</B></div> <div> <B>Bette...................Mary Coulson</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Critique</U></B><B>: The suburban "Exorcist". It's like we're in the Georgetown apartment only cheaper. The child turned cannibal theme at the beginning horrified us, however, what we got was an unwatchable and unlistenable house movie. Beyond the first ten minutes or so there is no whisper of originality, but a straightforward rip off of "Poltergeist" with crummy acting was just not begging to be made. Look, "other dimensions" just aren't scary or interesting  or in any way good. There are some annoying sound problems in this movie, but maybe someone just dropped coffee on the tape. After the powerful opening scenes, we sat jilted at an alter immersed in an evil fog. All the shadowy figures coming out of the woodwork eventually just gave us a headache. We give the last word to the character Ann who couldn't have said it any better when she assigns the final grade by mumbling "It's over. It's finally over."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: Louisiana State Penitentiary. The woman who is about to be executed admits she devoured the children and will bring their souls to hell. She vows to return from hell to collect more souls. She pooh-poohs the priest's claim that she did this because she was mentally ill, claims she can read the priest's mind, and says his curiosity about the Devil will be satisfied. She gives him her "bible" which turns out to be a book of black magic. The guards come to take her away. As she is drawn off, the priest seems to see all the children trailing behind her. The priest is concerned about the souls of the children he later thinks he sees them looking at him. A family with two small (bite-sized) children moves into a new house, the first inhabitants in this model home. As the family moves in, a bible is dropped and splashes in the mud. Doors open, emitting an evil light. The little girl is hearing whispers and is drawn to the light coming through a small hole in the wall. The little boy, Martin, tries to scare his sister Carol by saying he's become a zombie and says he'll eat her and then Johnny. That night the evening prayer is interrupted by a blown fuse. Or was it? The wooden duck begins rocking by itself and this is disconcerting for the kids. The bible that fell in the puddle is all ironed out and looks good as new, however, a fell wind blows through the apartment and the parents watch in amazement as as the bible's pages are ripped out. The husband Peter picks it up and sees a demonic drawing and begins speaking in tongues, possibly a backwards phrase from the bible. A drunken George who is preaching on the street is surrounded by the children from a school bus. As the driver drives off he realizes that the driver was the child devourer who calls to him that they'll be together. The priest opens the book and there is a drawing of the house that the family has moved into. The little girl, Carol, has a nightmare that she's closed into a small oven. She awakes to hear the whispers again and is drawn to the hole in the wall with the light and stares into it. She has burns on her face and is muttering about an oven where they put bad girls like her. Reverend Thompson calls about a delicate matter concerning the center that he will be baptizing. The radio begins broadcasting a black mass. When father pulls out the plug, the radio slides to them and begins chanting the mass again and explodes. Before you know it we have a traditional house scene and we're fogged in with shadowy images begin emerging from closets. Something comes from below the hole in the wall. It appears, though, that a house blessing with crucifix held high sends the evil things back into the walls. George Tomosko was a fellow in the seminary with  Father Thomason. He had been an exorcist with the Catholics, but now he is infected by something dark. Peter apparently is going to stay in the house while Gail has a high fever. George accosts Peter on the street and says there are five phases. He knows about Gail's fever and says he's here to help but Peter rejects his offer. George shows up at the church and confronts Father Thomason, offering him a look at the Devil if he looks into his eyes. Thomason shoos him away. Peter gets home and doesn't see anyone around. But isn't that the silhouette of an axe? Ann comes screaming at Peter axe poised high. We seemed to have missed something as the three family members recount how they fought off some more of these dark forms. Peter goes through a door and is almost pulled in. The kids get cut off from their parents and they are pursued slowly up the stairs. The parents are meanwhile locked in a door. The boy, Martin, is pulled in by our child devourer. George shows up and says the house is cursed, it's a gateway to hell and that Marin is in an infernal limbo. George announces that it's another dimension. Incredibly bad cut as Ann jumps through a mirror into the other dimension, and no one seems to care, so caught up are they with Martin's plight. Mother chases around in the other dimension and then George steps through as well. Ann finds Martin in a coffin. The others shuffle around in the foggy other dimension and the family is unceremoniously reunited. They bustle out of the house and are about to make an escape when they look up to see what looks like Martin. They look in the back seat of the car and Martin is looking a bit odd. It appears they've got the wrong kid. The explanation for these events seems to be that at this site twenty women were burned to death together and the effects are still lingering. The house was built over the stake. George says that most of them were burned for no reason, allowing that a few of the women deserved it. He's got their bible. Their God is a demon who goes by the name of Amith. They chanted at the stake and invoked the demon: they murdered children and gave their untainted souls to Amith. Apparently Amith likes drawing clergy into the deal as well. Anyway, possessed Martin lures Carol out to the gate while  mom falls asleep. The two churchmen start sloshing around holy water. Around now you begin to wonder why they haven't called in thousands of exorcists. They enter Martin's room, and the scarred and pocked Martin writhes under chants of "You are banished in the name of Christ'. They get the demon out of Martin but George stays to battle it out with Amith. But it's a trick! Martin get's pulled back in. The demon tempts George by saying that he can save the boy's soul by electrocuting Martin who's all set up electric chair style. Just as he seems to have beaten them, George is grabbed by demons and strapped into the chair. A boring staring contest ensues and then George is electrocuted. Even Peter gets a bit of a shock when he grabs the knob to the door. Peter picks up the axe, breaks in and finds George electrocuted but still alive in spite of his burns. He tells Peter he's got to go into the other dimension one more time to get Martin. Martin's in the coffin again. it looks like they'll have to sacrifice Martin to save him., Peter pulls out a sacrificial sword. But father Thomason's voice breaks in--a boring struggle ensues with the sword poised over the child. They stab the demon and rush out. The car won't start and the demons shuffle after them. Will burning the evil bible cause the house to burn to the ground? That would be good.</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>