Before Curse, Reed had mostly had parts with titles like "Man with Bucket on his Head" and "Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight"although he also had "Poet" and in Tony Hancock's The Rebel a rather noticeable (okay, maybe it was just me) French "Artist in Café" who help inspire Anthony.
In Curse, Ollie turns out to be the Christmas-born spawn of a mute servant girl raped by a bestial beggar, thrown together by an evil Marques. Raised by the kindly Don Corledo, the wolfish boy learns his terrible curse and gets cautioned that only love can tame the beast. When a friend takes the grown up Leon to a brothel, the beast emerges (Freud who?) and only his innocent fiancée can keep the beast at bay. But can the beast be chained?
Well, it is a Hammer film, so don't expect that all will be well. For more overlooked films, drop by Sweet Freedom for Todd's compendium. In case you missed it, I am now an officially registered alien and have my card to prove it. A long day, but at last it's done.
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Yep, it's a good one. Werewolves seem to have been the unloved of the horror genre for a while.
Sad, ain't it? Well, I think you're doing your part to resurrect that staple. Who can resist Roman Dalton />? I know I couldn't :-) And Hannah's doing her bit, too.
Werewolves do OK...they just don't get as obsessive a going-over as some other metaphors. I'd always heard this was a genuine breakout (transformational?) role for Reed, and glad you wrote it up...now to go look for Roman Dalton...
If you follow the link on his name, you ought to find all four of the books out there now. Good stuff!
Todd, you can pop over here and see mention of forthcoming writers in the series ... http://pdbrazill.blogspot.com/p/ezines.html
I tell you: nothing like service! Might as well be handed on a silver platter ;-)
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