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Pros: suspense; some humor; effective use of earlier Boris Karloff movies
Cons: Bogdanovich's acting makes it clear why he is known for directing.

Real-life violence has rendered the movie varieties obsolete. So says an aging star of scary movies (played memorably by Boris Karloff) who announces his retirement because his on-screen horrors seem ridiculous in a world full of horrors that are worse. ...

Pros: Acting, script, direction, Bogdanovich throws Boris Karloff a bone
Cons: Maybe at times it's a little too obvious the budget was low.

I first saw this movie when I was fourteen, and I remembered liking it quite a bit then. I saw the DVD at my local Tower Records and expected it to be twenty-five dollars. To my surprise, it was ten dollars, so I grabbed it, hoping to God I would like it ...