Watched Night Terrors (1993).
Like Djinn this is a movie that takes place in the Middle-East, Egypt this time, but with American actors. I would recommend it to people who like the films of Jess Franco and Jean Rollin (I prefer the second by far): it has that same equal focus on eroticism and horror. In fact for the first third, the movie can go in either direction, the second third it focuses on eroticism and only in the final third does it become gory. So this one won't definitely be for anyone, but I quite enjoyed it.
Compared to other Hooper films it feels slightly bigger in scale (for a B-horror film that is): there are quite a number of locations and scenes with crowds/extras.
It concerns a girl visiting her father, an archeologist conducting an excavation in Alexandria. Slowly she comes under the influence of a cult led by a descendant of Marquis de Sade. The Marquis and his descendant are a double role by Robert Englund, and it's a part I could imagine Vincent Price doing. Englund is so associated with Freddy and Wes Craven, that you forget he was a regular for Hooper as well.
With some films it's hard to determine what time period they are from. This film feels more eighties than nineties. It looks quite good, makes the most of its sets and locations, and has nice set decoration.
The more I watch these lesser known films from Hooper, the more I appreciate him as a director. Even though forever identified with chainsaws, he was more versatile than that. Also that hectic, chaotic feel of some of his films, like Lifeforce, is not at all apparent in this or Djinn. And he tried his hand at sci-fi as well (Lifeforce, Invaders from Mars), which also not all horror-directors do.
Like Djinn this is a movie that takes place in the Middle-East, Egypt this time, but with American actors. I would recommend it to people who like the films of Jess Franco and Jean Rollin (I prefer the second by far): it has that same equal focus on eroticism and horror. In fact for the first third, the movie can go in either direction, the second third it focuses on eroticism and only in the final third does it become gory. So this one won't definitely be for anyone, but I quite enjoyed it.
Compared to other Hooper films it feels slightly bigger in scale (for a B-horror film that is): there are quite a number of locations and scenes with crowds/extras.
It concerns a girl visiting her father, an archeologist conducting an excavation in Alexandria. Slowly she comes under the influence of a cult led by a descendant of Marquis de Sade. The Marquis and his descendant are a double role by Robert Englund, and it's a part I could imagine Vincent Price doing. Englund is so associated with Freddy and Wes Craven, that you forget he was a regular for Hooper as well.
With some films it's hard to determine what time period they are from. This film feels more eighties than nineties. It looks quite good, makes the most of its sets and locations, and has nice set decoration.
The more I watch these lesser known films from Hooper, the more I appreciate him as a director. Even though forever identified with chainsaws, he was more versatile than that. Also that hectic, chaotic feel of some of his films, like Lifeforce, is not at all apparent in this or Djinn. And he tried his hand at sci-fi as well (Lifeforce, Invaders from Mars), which also not all horror-directors do.