The Gardener (1974 film)
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| Directed by | James H. Kay |
| Written by | James H. Kay |
| Produced by | Tony Belletier |
| Starring | Joe Dallesandro Katharine Houghton Rita Gam |
| Cinematography | Michael Zingale |
| Edited by | Cal Schultz |
| Music by | Marc Fredericks |
Production company | KKI Films Inc. |
| Distributed by | Nolan Production |
Release date | October 1974 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000 (estimated) |
The Gardener (also known as Garden of Death and Seeds of Evil) is a 1974 American horror film written and directed by James H. Kay and starring Joe Dallesandro and Katharine Houghton.[1][2][3]
Plot
A bored little rich girl is bewitched by a very weird gardener...
Cast
- Joe Dallesandro as Carl, The Gardener
- Katharine Houghton as Ellen Bennett
- Rita Gam as Helena Boardman
- James Congdon as John Bennett
- Anne Meacham as Mrs. García
- Teodorina Bello as Liza, The Maid
- Ivan Rodriguez as Max
- Esther Mari as Rosa
- Irma Torres as Domenica
Release
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Home media
The film was released on DVD by Subversive on February 28, 2006. It was later released by Subversive Cinema on January 29, 2008 as a part of its two-disk "Greenhouse Gore Two-Fer".[4]
Reception
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TV Guide gave the film a negative review, calling it "rotten".[5] Reviewing Subversive's DVD release of the film, Johnny Butane from Dread Central awarded the film a score of 3.5 out of 5. While noting that the film was "dull and unexciting", Butane stated that the DVD's extras made it worth buying.[6] Brett Gallman from Oh, the Horror! panned the film, criticizing the lack of atmosphere, threadbare plot, sluggish pacing, and dull photography.[7] Glenn Erickson from DVD Talk criticized the film's lack of scares or tension, and script, calling it "yet another ill-fated attempt to try something different in a horror movie".[8]
See also
References
- ^ Phil Hardy, Tom Milne. The Aurum film encyclopedia: Horror. Aurum Press, 1996. ISBN 1854103849.
- ^ Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. New American Library, 1987. ISBN 0452259940.
- ^ AA.VV. Variety's Film Reviews: 1981-1982. Bowker, 1989. ISBN 0835227979.
- ^ "The Seeds of Evil (1974) - James H. Kay". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Seeds Of Evil - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings". TV Guide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ Butane, Johnny (26 February 2006). "Gardener, The (DVD) - Dread Central". Dread Central.com. Johnny Butane. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ Gallman, Brett. "Horror Reviews - Seeds of Evil (1974)". Oh the Horror.com. Brett Galman. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ Erickson, Glenn. "The Gardener (Seeds of Evil) : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". DVD Talk.com. Glenn Erickson. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
External links
- The Gardener at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Gardener at AllMovie
- The Gardener at IMDb
- The Gardener at Rotten Tomatoes
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