The Loreley's Grasp
by Amando de Ossorio
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Actor: Helga Lin?, Josefina Jartin, Loli Tovar, Silvia Tortosa, Tony KendallDirector: Amando de Ossorio
Brand: BCI ECLIPSE LLC
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); English (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 85 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Bci / Eclipse
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Summary: 3 Stars
"The Loreley's Grasp" is a monster movie from Spanish director Amando De Ossorio who brought us the popular Blind Dead series. It stars Tony Kendall (Mario Bava's "The Whip and the Body") as a big game hunter; he is hired to protect the residents of an exclusive boarding school for young women. Every full moon, a hideous creature, half reptile and half man, has attacked a student or villager and ripped out their heart. The creature must devour seven hearts so that it can hibernate beneath the nearby lake for many years. This film must have influenced episodes of "The Night Stalker" and "The X-Files" and movies such as "Jeepers Creepers." All of them involved creatures that were forced to devour certain body parts so that they could hibernate.
The plot for "The Loreley's Grasp" was extremely linear. It was devoid of suspenseful twists and turns. The identity of Loreley was made clear from nearly the beginning: A beautiful, bizarre woman who seeks vengeance on anyone who knows her identity or comes between her and the hunter with whom she has fallen in love. The film would've been much better if Loreley's identity had been kept a secret until the end. Perhaps it could've been one of the professors at the school - someone you would never guess was the killer. Furthermore, a Victorian setting would've lent it credibility and gave it the look of an old-fashioned gothic horror.
Each killing became more gruesome and horrific as the movie progressed. However, the special effects were amateurish. The destruction of the underground grotto where the Loreley lived was silly. "The Loreley's Grasp" was not as exciting as I had hoped it would be. The films in De Ossorio's Blind Tomb series are superior. Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy has written and starred in a slew of movies that are more entertaining.
If turn of the century boarding schools are your cup of tea, watch the uncut Spanish version of "The House that Screamed," directed by Narcisco Ibanez Serrador. Young girls are being stalked and slashed as they try to escape from the oppressive school. What the killer has been doing with the corpses will shock and horrify you. If you like Italian gialli (murder mysteries) that are set at private schools for girls, seek out "What Have You Done to Solange?" and "Naked You Die." The identity of the killer is kept secret until the end in all of these movies.
Summary of The Loreley's Grasp
In this brutal horror movie a ferocious beast murders unsuspecting young women near the river bank of a small German town. The monster always plucks the heart from the body of its prey and it's not long before an expert hunter is sent to track down and kill the deadly creature. Director Amando de Ossorio (EURO FIENDS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE) pours lashings of gore onto the screen as LORELEY'S GRASP builds towards its violent final act.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?HORROR UPC:?787364716296Horror DVD Video
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