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Grave, brutal, realistic Western with quality characters
Ugly, tedious flick about a painter going over the edge is also an amusing period piece
‘B’ horror in the SoCal wilderness delivers the goods
Worth checking out
Character study of a lost soul in post-revolution 1970
Weak opening and silly humor, but somewhat amusing
The precursor to "Enchanted" and just as good; maybe even better
Big city drama (with Tommy Lee Jones and Annette O'Toole) tackles the hard issues
I don't get the flack Roland Emmerich's version receives
Amusing spooky drama in the English countryside with Patrick Stewart
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The link above is not the right song. It's "Fire and Brimstone (Hold Your Breath)" by Chris Cano, sang by Jaymie Valentine, which you can hear here: <url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76oHagN48oQ</url>
Actually it effectively reveals the heart of the film (which is what a movie poster is supposed to do) -- the soul of a psycho-killer inhabits a graveyard and preys upon passersby on a certain date every year; Jerry (Katrina Bowden) happens to be one of his victims amongst a group of seven. Obviously producers were using Katrina to 'sell' the movie so her face is prominent.
1. McBride didn't mean "demons" literally since he was talking about the disembodied souls of Van Hausen (the serial killer) and Warden Wilkes. These are human beings, not angels or evil spirits, which is proven by their appearance when they're disembodied. McBride honored Wilkes as his superior at the asylum, but Wilkes was actually the lesser of two evils and was hellbent on destroying Van Hausen for murdering him in the electric chair room (and myriad other reasons, I'm sure).
The movie used blue eyes to represent a person possessed by Wilkes simply to distinguish that individual from someone possessed by Van Hausen. It didn't automatically make Wilkes angelic.
As for why Wilkes was concerned about Kyle's fatal wound, he wasn't wholly evil, like Van Hausen, and was concerned about the slayer's continuing victims. But that didn't make him wholly good.
2. When McBride blew up after being simultaneously possessed by Van Hausen and Wilkes, that's when Van Hausen possessed Johnny in the SUV (there's a quick flashback at the end revealing this). Obviously Wilkes failed in his attempt to defeat Van Hausen and so the psycho-killer was free to continue possessing people nearby, which he did with Johnny.
Here's the full movie on Youtube for those interested: <url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3IVKFHwR8o</url>
Yeah, I noticed that horrible average-rating before posting. I can understand it because the flick starts out so badly (I quit watching after a half hour on my first attempt). But, like I said, it becomes entertaining in a bad-on-purpose way, if you can roll with its craziness.
Except that the cook spit in the cheeseburger.
They both declared their love for each other, but she set him free to make the right decision at the train station. Shortly later, he decided to leave the Catholic priesthood. So it's assumed he'd get settled and pursue a committed relationship with her.
Whether or not she would agree to legal marriage is uncertain, but their relationship would at least be common law marriage. It's very possible that she'd agree to the former since she was in her mid-30s (and he was about 40) and they had both found their proverbial one true love. Artistic types are typically free spirits, but they're also known for their idealism.
He's not referring to the guy at the beginning, Amil, aka Stuart Chase (David Strathairn), but rather Maureen's straying husband, Dan Phelan (Peter Crombie). This is the guy the Catholic priest (Tommy Lee Jones) visited in the hospital and he, Dan, confessed his struggles & guilt to him. Yes, it appears, he was trying to commit suicide. The guy at the beginning, on the other hand, was stabbed by an unknown assailant (solved by the end).
I read a synopsis of the film after viewing so it appears she did commit suicide, but I agree that it was too ambiguous as depicted in the movie because, as you say, it wasn't established that she was desperate enough to take such an extreme course of action.
It's good for when you want something fun from the 80s and not too deep (but not shallow either).
The video was for the song "Feather" (<url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLbn61Z4LDI</url>) and the Catholic minister of the Brooklyn facility has been removed (<url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZeDynBtGyo</url>).
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