The Terror (1963)
1963 · Feature film · 79 min · dir. Jack Nicholson
A new classic of horror comes to the screen!
- Drama
- Horror
- Romance
Synopsis
Lt. Andre Duvalier awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, towering castle that serves as home to an eerie baron.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Jack Nicholson
- Writer
- Jack Hill
- Composer
- Ronald Stein
- Cinematography
- John M. Nickolaus Jr.
- Studio
- The Filmgroup
- Released
- 1963-06-17
- Running time
- 79 minutes
Cast & crew
Jack Nicholson Director
Jonathan Haze
Dick Miller
Boris Karloff- Jack Nicholson
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · One of my all-time favorite b-movies · human · 2008-06-11
This has always been one of my favorites. it's got great sets, It's moody, it's got a mysterious woman, it's got Boris Karloff, it's got Jack Nicholson, the plot is a little thin and doesn't always hang together that well, but it's still plenty of fun.
★★★★★ · Having an impromptu Roger Corman Saturday night in his honor · lobonse · 2024-05-12
Wild that he had so many stellar bodies pass through his influence, he clearly had the ability to spot talent. Although his films are pretty awful they are constructed well given the low budget. Ron Howard's story about him (wikipedia I think) is pretty funny. Anyhow, he died three days ago for the record.
★★★★★ · Excellent! · LaMarr Bruister · 2006-12-13
Another classic from Corman and company!
★★★ · Roger Corman directs another one · 1StepBeyond · 2009-10-13
Jack Nicholson is only 26 years old but already has the classic slanted forehead line. This campy horror film is actually good because of the professionalism of Boris Karloff, by this time he was probably sick and obviously in bodily pain, evidenced by his arthritic walk, and the ability of Jack Nicholson to deliver serious attention to getting his lines right. Jack is reined in by youth and inexperience. In later films he shows the tendency to add to the scene in unique and unexpected ways.
★★ · Boring, but not without its merits. · EdBanky · 2005-07-17
Anything starring Boris Karloff is ok in my book, but Jack N. does not work as film hero. I'm not too sure that he ever got his acting "chops", but he most definitely was without them at this period in his career. This is some of the worst acting I have ever seen. Karloff does what he can, and Sandra Knight is just plain nice to look at. I swear Roger Corman uses the same laughably cheapo lightning effect in half his films.
★★ · The Terr-ible (as bad as this review title) · pdfatts · 2005-11-07
its funny to see jack, but this movie is really just for laughs as a poor, poor film. the very end really caps it off, leaving you asking: "what was that?"
