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The Gardener (1974 film)

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The Gardener
Directed byJames H. Kay
Written byJames H. Kay
Produced byTony Belletier
StarringJoe Dallesandro
Katharine Houghton
Rita Gam
CinematographyMichael Zingale
Edited byCal Schultz
Music byMarc Fredericks
Production
company
KKI Films Inc.
Distributed byNolan Production
Release date
  • October 1974 (1974-10)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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

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A bored rich woman is bewitched by a strange gardener with his own dangerous secrets.

Cast

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Release

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Home media

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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]

Other

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According to director James H. Kay, on the evening when the scene in which Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro's character swims nude in the pool was filmed half of San Juan showed up to watch the shoot.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Phil Hardy, Tom Milne. The Aurum film encyclopedia: Horror. Aurum Press, 1996. ISBN 1854103849.
  2. ^ Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. New American Library, 1987. ISBN 0452259940.
  3. ^ AA.VV. Variety's Film Reviews: 1981-1982. Bowker, 1989. ISBN 0835227979.
  4. ^ "The Seeds of Evil (1974) - James H. Kay". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  5. ^ "Seeds Of Evil - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings". TV Guide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  6. ^ Butane, Johnny (February 26, 2006). "Gardener, The (DVD) - Dread Central". Dread Central.com. Johnny Butane. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  7. ^ Gallman, Brett. "Horror Reviews - Seeds of Evil (1974)". Oh the Horror.com. Brett Galman. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  8. ^ Erickson, Glenn. "The Gardener (Seeds of Evil) : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". DVD Talk.com. Glenn Erickson. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  9. ^ The Gardener at IMDb
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