What really impresses me about this film is the way we get the reversal of roles. One expects from their "presences" that William Shatner will be the caring one with the open mind and Leo Gordon to be the closed mind who doesn't care. But I think they were cast opposite of their presence on purpose. It would be difficult to find two actors with such extreme presences. Granted, Gordon only seems to be caring in contrast to the extreme wickedness of Shatner's character in this film, but he does become the protagonist, so to speak. We do quickly learn that it is the other way around. I think that is a good thing. I am glad we didn't have to wait too long to find out different.
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Reply by TonyTonyTony
on May 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Yes, I loved that. Gordon's character comes out of the back story to become the unlikely hero of the film. I thought it was a wonderful film and had never heard of it until I saw this interview of Shatner and Corman on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/p8GUF45XK70?si=FORBx0ExEpZaRof0
I would highly recommend this film. I really enjoyed Shatner and would recommend his other great 60s film Incubus (1966) which features a script entirely in the created language of Esperanto. A great psychological horror.