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Moria gives it 3 out of 5 stars, praises Joe Don Baker, and calls it "an intriguing effort". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas has an article here.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Shadow of Chikara
Shadow of Chikara is a 1977 horror western starring Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Ted Neeley (better known as Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar), and Slim Pickens as Virgil Cane. A small group of men, left without anything after the end of the civil war, go in search of the diamonds left in Arkansas hidden by a dead comrade. The party is followed by the mountain's defender. The 1970s hairstyles and attitudes don't let you ever enter the time period supposedly shown, but many older westerns aren't exactly true to the period. The music is too schmaltzy for words. The plot itself is good and moves steadily forward. The characters and acting are fine. If you'd like to be able to see a horror movie but can't abide blood and gore, and if you'd like horror without "jump" scenes, try this one. There's a nice twist at the end.
via Youtube:
Moria gives it 3 out of 5 stars, praises Joe Don Baker, and calls it "an intriguing effort". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas has an article here.
via Youtube:
Moria gives it 3 out of 5 stars, praises Joe Don Baker, and calls it "an intriguing effort". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas has an article here.
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I don't remember this one ever being released.
ReplyDeleteNo, me either. I wonder how wide a release it got when it first came out. I've missed so many movies when they were first released and only find them ages later when I come across them online.
DeleteI've never heard of this film and it doesn't sound like something I would like. Have a great afternoon, Valerie
ReplyDeleteThe horror western sub-genre is definitely a niche market ;)
DeleteI haven't heard of this one. If it's not gory maybe I'll check it out. There are so many films and books out there. Too bad there's not 48 hours in a day instead of 24.
ReplyDeleteikr? I try to watch a movie every day, but even so there will never be enough time to see more than a tiny fraction of them.
Deletesounds interesting..I'll have to give a go.
ReplyDeleteI hope you like it. There aren't many horror westerns, and I can't pass on them when I see them.
DeleteThis sounds very familiar to me...like I may have seen it one afternoon on TV or late at night back in the days when stations picked up all kinds of cheaper movies to rent to fill up the days and nights in tv land. LOL! :)
ReplyDeleteI saw so many movies that way, in the afternoons after school or on those late-night movie showings before the station went off the air for the night. Who'd have ever guessed tv would've changed so much!
DeleteThis sounds good, but I'm so far behind, I may never get time to watch it. Thanks for sharing it, though.
ReplyDeleteThere can't be time for everything. So many books! So many movies!
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