It's not so much badly made or performed as a very strange script.Originally posted by Sturmvogel@May 18 2005, 11:25 AM
Eye of The Devil was released in 1967 I believe, starring David Niven and some other well knowns, including the tragic Sharon Tate. Director was J. Lee-Thompson.
Apparently it was a pretty dire movie, but I'm doing some research and am interested to hear more about it, such as why Kim Novak pulled out of it to be replaced by Deborah Kerr. Halliwell says it was abandoned and later restarted due to the 'inadequacy' of Kim Novak, and went through three title changes before release. The comment about Kim Novak seems a little nasty to me as another report read says she had a bad back injury due to a horse riding accident, and that is the reason she pulled out. Anyone able to set the record straight? And say if the film is as bad as some say it is? Halliwell gives it one star so cannot be THAT bad.
There are hints of what was to come in The Wicker Man in the story but it wasn't as well done here and the story wasn't as clear or believable. This one tries too hard to be mysterious when some good character development would have made it much better.
Steve