Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls is a 1973 American horror film directed by Eddie Saeta and starring John Considine, Barry Coe, Cheryl Miller, Stewart Moss, Leon Askin, and Jo Morrow. The film was released by Cinerama Releasing Corporation in October 1973.[1]
| Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls | |
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| Directed by | Eddie Saeta |
| Written by | Sal Ponti |
| Produced by | Sal Ponti Eddie Saeta |
| Starring | John Considine Barry Coe Cheryl Miller Stewart Moss Leon Askin Jo Morrow |
| Cinematography | Emil Oster Kent L. Wakeford (as Kent Wakeford) |
| Edited by | Anthony DiMarco |
| Music by | Richard LaSalle |
Production companies | Freedom Arts Pictures Corporation D. D. Productions |
| Distributed by | Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA one-thousand-year-old magician learns the secret of prolonging his life indefinitely by transferring the souls of unwilling young people into himself. He decides to target a specific young man and his wife. Moe Howard (of the Three Stooges) appears as a volunteer in the audience watching the magician's act.
Cast
edit- John Considine as Dr. Death
- Barry Coe as Fred Saunders
- Cheryl Miller as Sandy
- Stewart Moss as Greg Vaughn
- Leon Askin as Thor
- Jo Morrow as Laura Saunders
- Florence Marly as Tana
- Sivi Aberg as Venus
- Jim Boles as Caretaker Franz
- Athena Lorde as Spiritualist
- Moe Howard as Volunteer in the Audience (final film)
- Larry Vincent as The Strangler (as Larry 'Seymour' Vincent)
Release
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Home media
editThe film was released on DVD by Cinerama on January 26, 2010.[2]
Reception
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Ian Jane from DVD Talk gave the film a positive review, writing, "Doctor Death is a whole lot of fun. It's campy and spends much of its running time with tongue placed firmly in cheek but Considine's performance is great and as predictable as the whole thing might be, it's ridiculously entertaining."[3] Andrew Pragasam from The Spinning Image awarded the film 4/10 stars, calling it "trashy nonsense".[4] TV Guide gave the film 1/5 stars, writing "Overall, this is a pretty bad effort, but camp fans may get some satisfaction from the cameo appearances by former Stooge Moe Howard and TV horror host Larry "Seymour" Vincent."[5]
References
edit- ^ "Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls". afi.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ^ "Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls (1972) - Eddie Saeta". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Jane, Ian. "Doctor Death Seeker of Souls : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". DVD Talk.com. Ian Jane. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Pragasam, Andrew. "Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls Review (1973)". The Spinning Image.co.uk. Andrew Pragasam. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Doctor Death: Seeker Of Souls - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings". TV Guide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
External links
edit- Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls at AllMovie
- Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls at IMDb
- Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls at Rotten Tomatoes
- Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls at the TCM Movie Database
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