The Gardener (1974 film)

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The Gardener
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Directed byJames H. Kay
Written byJames H. Kay
Produced byTony Belletier
Starring Joe Dallesandro
Katharine Houghton
Rita Gam
CinematographyMichael Zingale
Edited byCal Schultz
Music byMarc Fredericks
Production
company
KKI Films Inc.
Distributed byNolan Production
Release date
October 1974
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000 (estimated)

The Gardener (also known as Garden of Death and Seeds of Evil) is a 1974 American horror film written and directed by James H. Kay and starring Joe Dallesandro and Katharine Houghton. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

A bored little rich girl is bewitched by a very weird gardener...

Cast

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Subversive on February 28, 2006. It was later released by Subversive Cinema on January 29, 2008 as a part of its two-disk "Greenhouse Gore Two-Fer". [4]

Reception

TV Guide gave the film a negative review, calling it "rotten". [5] Reviewing Subversive's DVD release of the film, Johnny Butane from Dread Central awarded the film a score of 3.5 out of 5. While noting that the film was "dull and unexciting", Butane stated that the DVD's extras made it worth buying. [6] Brett Gallman from Oh, the Horror! panned the film, criticizing the lack of atmosphere, threadbare plot, sluggish pacing, and dull photography. [7] Glenn Erickson from DVD Talk criticized the film's lack of scares or tension, and script, calling it "yet another ill-fated attempt to try something different in a horror movie". [8]

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