No critical menace at all from Lom
I liked the film OK as a whole (though I wanted to strangle the Ringmaster's shrewish, emasculating wife), but the story's credibility depended on whether or not you bought Torg's skill as a hynotist, and the menace behind it. That's why it did not really work for me. Not once did I find Lom menacing/devious enough. He was about as dangerous/scary as a wet dishrag.
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