Julie Darling

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Julie Darling
Directed byPaul Nicholas
Written byPaul Nicholas
Maurice Smith
Produced byMaurice Smith
Ernest Von Theummer
Production
companies
TAT Productions
Cinequity Corporation
Release dates
  • 1982 (1982)

1985 (US) [1]
Running time
90 mins
CountriesCanada
West German
LanguageEnglish

Julie Darling is a 1982 Canadian-West German film written and directed by Paul Nicholas. [2] It was co written and produced by Maurice Smith. The film was shot in West Germany and Canada. [3]

Contents

It was also known as Daughter of Death.

Director Paul Nicholas and Danning later made Chained Heat together.

Premise

A teenage girl is obssessed with her father and is determined to murder her stepmother.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in late 1981 in Toronto. [4]

Reception

The Daily News called it "a fairly tight little sleaze thriller, further hoisted by professional performances, steady pacing and a neat plot twist or two." [5]

Shock Cinema said the film was "Chock full of surprises and shocks, which include attempted child suffocation, bloody shotgun wounds, a broken glass bottle groin-stabbing, and a great knock-out surprise ending, with Danning giving a strong and sympathetic performance to add to the film’s viewing pleasure." [6]

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References

  1. "Advertisement". Daily News. 4 May 1985. p. 51.
  2. Julie Darling at Sybil Danning
  3. Julie Darling at DVD Drive In
  4. "1,500 cram variety club lunch". The Toronto Star. 15 September 1981. p. 20.
  5. "Junk movies of the week". Daily News. 8 May 1985. p. 113.
  6. "Film Flotsam". Shock Cinema. No. 7. 1995. p. 5.