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The Terror

Jack Nicholson (Actor), Boris Karloff (Actor), Roger Corman (Director, Producer) Rated:
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4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 185 ratings
IMDb5.0/10.0
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Format PAL
Contributor Dick Hiller, Boris Karloff, Sandra Knight, Jonathan Haze, Jack Nicholson, Roger Corman
Language English, Hungarian
Runtime 80 minutes
Studio Filmgroup
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English Summary:

The Terror is a 1963 Independent American Vistascope horror film produced and directed by Roger Corman. The plot concerns a French officer who finds an intriguing woman who is believed to be the ghost of a baron's long departed wife.

In 1806, Andre Duvalier, a French soldier lost in the Confederation of the Rhine, is saved by Helene, a young woman who bears a resemblance to Ilsa von Leppe, the wife of Baron von Leppe who died 20 years before. Andre sets out to investigate Helene's true identity and, in doing so, learns the Baron's darkest secret: after he found Ilsa with another man, the Baron killed his wife while his servant killed her lover.

Over the last two years, the Baron has been tormented by Ilsa's ghost, who has beseeched him to kill himself so that they can be together forever. After much hesitation, the Baron decides to do so and atone for his crimes. Unbeknownst to him, Ilsa's ghost is being commanded to haunt him by a peasant witch named Katrina.

After preventing the Baron from killing himself, Andre and Stefan, the Baron's major domo, capture Katrina and force her into compliance.

Hungarian Summary:

Andre Duvalier, a napóleoni francia sereg hadnagya elszakad századától, és kietlen vidékre, évtizedek óta nem taposott ösvényekre tér. Magányos útján egy különös lánnyal találkozik, akibe első látásra beleszeret. Ám csakhamar kiderül, hogy a lány nem más, mint báró Frederick Victor von Leppe húsz éve halott kedvese. Duvalier hadnagy szállást kér a külvilágtól teljesen elzárkózó bárótól, és elhatározza, hogy fényt derít az évtizedes sötét titkokra. Nappalai az egyre agresszívabb báró és tiszteletlen inasa társaságában telnek, míg éjjelente a kísértetlány nyomában jár. Ám a titkok ösvényei a gonosz forrásához, talán magához a Sátánhoz vezetnek, és a sok csatát megjárt hadnagy sincs felkészülve a borzalmas végkifejletre.

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 0.01 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Roger Corman
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 80 minutes
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jack Nicholson, Boris Karloff, Sandra Knight, Dick Hiller, Jonathan Haze
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ None
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Roger Corman
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Filmgroup
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07VBM7DBJ
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 185 ratings

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SamHain
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome movie.
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2024
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Awesome movie.
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Michael Dobey
5.0 out of 5 stars fine remastering.
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2011
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This is a low budget flick from the early sixties. I love these movies, nonfans might rate them a two or one star. But I say that cheape horror has it's own rating system that doesn't crossover to a list and other movies. This is probably a three star on that low budget rating system of mine. It's a movie of it's time and the effects were fine for the period. The movie is what it is, a ultra quickie from roger corman and it's fun enough. But the remastering is excellent. THose who complain about a soft image don't see that most of these older movies never had much clarity and this even has lots of stock footage in it. But unlike many a movies which look shredded on blu ray. "little big man" , 'the horse soldiers" and 'rio lobo' , or 'kellys heroes' which has dust and dirt on it. The went frame by frame here and cleaned this movie up, It's been in such a bad state for so many yeats that I could barely watch it. NOw it's in great shape! This needs to be done with all trashed up movies on blu ray. ANd even later movies than this are on blu and look like crap with lines in them. "Time bandits' is one of those. The picture is not so soft nor so crisp because it never was that crisp to begin with. This is from the original master and it's as good as it was back when it first came out.
Of course you get the great Boris Karloff in this one and I would watch anything he was in including 'targets'. I love the guy. Jack nicolson is in here too and he's always good too imo. So hd cinema really did a good clean up. Now if only someone would clean up lots of other movies. Heck even the 70's and nieties has some bad prints on dvd and blu. 'dead alive' and many others. on dvd it's even worse. So for those of us who know this movie and blu rays this is a fine blu ray. Just don't expect a newer type of clarity. This never had that. This is awesome.
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Bill Weaver
5.0 out of 5 stars I’ve been haunted by this ending since I watched this on TV as a kid.
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2022
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Yes I really enjoy this movie. The rating perhaps reflects a sentimental attachment but I don’t care. Everything about this movie screams fun. I saw it as a kid way back in the day on Saturday afternoon television and the ending scared the crap out of me. Jack Nicholson is almost meek in this role. You’ll never see him like this again. The old timey haunted castle is so beautiful. The hypnotism scene with the gypsy spinning lamp I still find mesmerizing to this day. The plot I could hardly care about but there is a twist ending if you manage to follow it. I suggest mostly just sit back and enjoy the delicious acting and the high-class scenery and the hokey special effects. Can we make more movies like this? I doubt it.
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THE BLUEMAHLER
4.0 out of 5 stars IT'S 1963 AGAIN
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2012
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Roger Corman`s The Terror has been in public domain for half of forever. The result, predictably, has been a plethora of DVD prints, ranging from wretched to execrable. It is a legendary film that his its equal share of fans and detractors. The Terror marks the only time Boris Karloff actually "starred" in a film directed by Corman (The Raven-1963, does not really count, as Karloff was secondary to Vincent Price). How much of the movie Corman directed is debatable. Francis Ford Coppola, Monte Hellman, Jack Hill, Jack Nicholson, and Dick Miller are all reported to have directed parts of The Terror, although only Corman is credited.

The story behind the film is well known. Corman had finished shooting The Raven ahead of schedule and still had Karloff on contract for four days. Not one to waste money, Corman whipped up a second movie starring the actor. Part of the myth regarding this film is that it was made in its entirety in 48 hrs. Actually, Karloff's scenes were shot in three to four days. Corman utilized the castle set from the first film, later scenes were added, and the entire movie was produced over a nine month period, which is something like an epic for Corman. Corman, of course, masterfully sculpts his own mythology, but filming commenced without a finished script, and that is probably why it took so long to pull something halfway salable out of it. It's not really an advisable filmmaking method.

The Terror has finally been released in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, and has rightfully received accolades for the remastering on the Blu-ray. Unfortunately,the DVD part of the combo has had a high number of reported defects. Regardless, the film looks beautiful in the Blu-ray transfer, rich with 1960s colors. It finally looks nearly as good here as the excerpts we see of it in the Corman produced Targets (1968-dir. Peter Bogdanovich). The transfer made me long to see The Terror on a drive-in cinema screen.

Seeing this film in a watchable print does reveal some merits. Besides the vibrant Gothic milieu, the film has an energetic score by Ronald Stein. Jack Nicholson, while not the actor he would become, is better as an arrogant soldier than he was as the whiny son of the equally whiny Vincent Price in The Raven. Another high point here is the very good performance by Boris Karloff. It is unfortunate that Corman did not get to work with Karloff more than he did, because the actor might have been better suited to this director than was Price. In the Poe-cycle Corman films, Price often projects a grating self-pity. While Karloff was also a screen personality that audiences sympathized with, he was able to convey pathos in a less hand-wringing way.

As far as the script, it is surprisingly somewhat coherent for something that was slapped together. Nicholson is Lt. Andre Duvalier, a soldier in Napoleon's army. Inexplicably, he gets separated from his regiment. He sees a mysterious, beautiful woman (Sandra Knight). He is told her name is Helene, and he attempts to follows her into the sea. Duvalier believes that she has committed suicide. He is attacked by a large bird and wakes up in the home of the old witch Katrina (Dorothy Neumann) and her mute henchman Gustaf ( Jonathan Haze). Duvalier's search for Helene leads him to the castle of Baron Victor Von Leppe (Karloff) who lives alone there with his servant Stefan (Dick Miller). The Baron has a painting of Ilsa, his wife, dead now twenty years. Shockingly (?), Ilsa looks exactly like Helene. The nobleman has a black secret and a predictable revelation is in store, along with an unpredictable twist.

The opening sequence of Karloff descending down the castle stairs in the night is stylistically shot. He opens a door and a skeleton pops out. Animated birds of dread soar through the credits, enhancing the flavor. Nicely done; except for those who prefer a coherent narrative, because there is no hidden skeleton in the film. In this, The Terror is a bit like the pulp comic book covers which show a potentially exciting scene that never actually occurs in the story. Not being religiously attached to linear yarn spinning, I liked the sequence. Sandra Knight (Nicholson's wife at the time) as the ghost of Ilsa, is beautiful, obviously pregnant in several scenes, and a distractingly bad actress. Neumann and Haze have contagious fun with their roles.

A so-called spoiler alert (although it's a bit nonsensical to have a spoiler alert for a fifty year old film, but in that in that I am keeping with the nonsensical spirit of The Terror): twenty years ago the Baron murdered Ilsa when he caught her bedding down the peasant Eric. That's a big no surprise. Stefan disposed of Eric. The ghost of Ilsa is exacting revenge via Katrina, who is Eric's mother. Stefan unloads the one genuine twist: actually, he killed the Baron and Eric has taken the nobleman's place for the last twenty years. That narrative bit will doubtfully sit well with the unimaginative reality-check geeks who will be quick to point out that Karloff's Eric is at least thirty years older than his "mother," portrayed by Neumann.

Karloff excels in the confrontation finale. Ilsa is coercing Eric into suicide (so they can be joined together in the abode of the damned). Eric resists, fearing eternal damnation, but finally consents with thinly veiled resignation masking glee. Karloff does the scene justice. Earlier, he is as good at menacingly evading Duvalier's inquiries.

The finale is everything you would expect in this kind of product: a flooded castle (with a really bad double for Karloff) and a corpse which melts after a kiss (Sandra Knight, after Jack plants one on his wife's lips). The special effects add up to what looks like a gallon of butterscotch syrup poured onto her face.

Still, the legend behind this film is just plain fun, even if it's more myth than fact, even it's more product than art, even if it's more entrepreneur Corman than craftsman Corman. And, hell there is Karloff! So, if anyone within close vicinity has one of those massive TV screens and a disc of drive-in snack bar commercials, then I have got The Terror and the pizza, and we'll imagine it's 1963 all over again.
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Laura Ann Scaife
5.0 out of 5 stars This Is The One To Buy!
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2014
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I first saw The Terror when it played at the old Dominion theater here in Vancouver back in 1964. I vividly remember what a terrible print of the film I saw; even then it was scratched and faded. Over the years I've seen it on TV, on video tape, laser disc and DVD. Every format was a huge disappointment. Each kept promising better video quality, but they all lied. They must have all been using the same crappy third generation VHS dupe, and it just got worse each time. Finally about two months ago I purchased the HD Cinema Classics edition from Amazon. I put it into my DVD player, sat back and waited for another disappointment. The movie started with the beloved American International logo and then we got the opening scene with Boris Karloff walking the halls of his castle. And from that scene to the end of the film I was glued to my TV. This was the FIRST TIME that I had watched the film and discovered that he was following a blood trail! Whoever did the restoration work on this film obviously loves the film. I don't think that it has EVER looked this good! Wonderful job! The colors are bright and pop beautifully, most of the scratches appear to be gone: it's a new movie! If you love this old chestnut like I do, treat yourself to a copy of this edition. It's the only one worth watching!..
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Mark Stephen Feuer
5.0 out of 5 stars Youthful Jack Nicholson at his handsomist!
Reviewed in Canada on March 13, 2024
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I liked this film. An excellent costume drama. Besides Jack, the late Boris Karloff also helps to make this film great.
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Maci
5.0 out of 5 stars Ware gut
Reviewed in Germany on June 24, 2021
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StuRat
5.0 out of 5 stars 60 year old Corman Classic.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 26, 2022
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This is a review for the 2016 Blu-ray of Film Detective's restored version of my this Corman Classic 'The Terror'.
Now I believe there the only or at least first people to source the original print stock of this film and it shows....Now also remember even in 1963 this was a low budget film so don't expect modern picture quality.
However what you have got is probably as best a version as your going get and it may even, because of modern restoration techniques, be better than was on the cinema screen in 1963.
It's definitely better than any DVD version I've seen before especially the awful DMVS that I had previously that this Blu-ray replaces.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2016
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Very very young Jack and Boris is in hie 70's. Story plot interesting but a bit of a ploder.
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A. Köpf
3.0 out of 5 stars Redliches Bemühen
Reviewed in Germany on August 17, 2009
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Große Namen (Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Roger Corman) sind nicht immer ein Garant für erstklassige Filme, wie ich leider auch hier feststellen mußte. Die Story um eine rächenden Geist ist nicht sehr originell und weist etliche Schwachstellen auf. Nicholson und seine zukünftige Frau Sandra Knight können die Romanze zwischen Mensch und Geisterwesen nicht aus der Banalität heben und Boris Karloff merkt man sein Alter doch deutlich an. Zudem wirkt die Kulisse des Verlieses wie meines Großvaters Kartoffelkeller.
Trotz etlicher Schwächen merkt man doch das Bemühen der Crew, einen guten Horrorfilm zu produzieren. Das Ergebnis ist in meinen Augen nur mittelmäßig ausgefallen.
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