Good Against Evil (1977)

★★★★★ · Am I missing something? · sammyk1964 · 2020-09-09

What on earth is the deal with all of the bad reviews? It's really not that bad of a movie. I remember watching this with my family when it premiered as a "Movie Of The Week". I thought it was more unnerving than scary. And, everyone keeps talking about the cast, but somehow, only one other review bothered mentioning the three best things about this movie are Dack Rambo, his tight jeans, and his mighty rubber parts bulge! Not only do I remember "Good Against Evil", but also when Dack Rambo joined the cast of "All My Children" as Steve Jacobi. He was the fantasy of every gay man who watched…

★★★ · Worth it for O'Herhily and Lynch · Victor Von Psychotron · 2015-02-26

Those two actors both turn in good performances. Lynch is especially good as the villain. This could've made an interesting series with a better script. It's a forgotten example of 1970's Satanic-themed films and TV shows.

★★★ · For bad 70's t.v. Afficianatos · CaptainKangGuru · 2018-04-24

About what you would expect for an ira levin/blatty inspired low budget network movie from the seventies. Thrown together script, bad acting, unintentional comedy from killer feral cats and furniture thrown from off camera at poor man's Lancaster Merrin. Richard Lynch as always is Richard Lynch and wish there would had been more of him. If you like occult stuff you'll be interested in the baphomet bric a brac.

★★★ · Good Against Evil · pauls son · 2010-11-17

Well, Peggy McKay as the aunt is excellent as usual. And, as noted in the other review, Lynch turns in a chilling, very good performance. The first half is yawn city but the second half is passable tv horror. Yes, Dack Rambo was one hunky Sex-God and was quite talented but the first half of the film seems to exsist only to show off his rather ample package in tight jeans. See how many times you can spot the almost loving close-ups of him from the crotch up. Maybe the cameraman was trying to distract us from the truly untalented lady playing Jessica.

★★ · Rosemary's Baby meets The Omen meets the Exorcist · Nicholas Dubreuil · 2010-08-18

A big patchwork of several horror hits from the 1970s in one TV pilot for a series that never was. And for a good reason: it doesn't work a bit. I liked the 70s flavor of it and there's a great casting: Dack Rambo, Dan O'Herlihy, young Kim Cattrall and creepy Richard Lynch. But the script signed by Hammer veteran Jimmy Sangster is definitely not one of his best effort. As time capsule, this made for tv film is worth viewing, but for suspense and terror try any other Dan Curtis production.