{"id":1104,"date":"2006-05-20T16:14:56","date_gmt":"2006-05-20T23:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2021-01-08T19:15:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T02:15:44","slug":"she-beast-the-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1104","title":{"rendered":"She-Beast, The (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;With that thing around your neck, only the goblins would want you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Poster-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Poster-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Poster-128x95.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Poster.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA newlywed (Barbara Steele) vacationing in communist Transylvania disappears into a lake, and emerges as the 18th century vampiric witch Vardella.  Her husband (Ian Ogilvy) must enlist the help of Count von Helsing (John Karlsen) to bring his wife back to life.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbara Steele Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Michael Reeves Films<\/li>\n<li>Possession<\/li>\n<li>Witches and Wizards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, &#8220;Michael Reeves&#8217;s debut film as director&#8221; (at the age of 21!) presents his typically harsh world where evil is the dominant force and is indestructible.&#8221; He notes that the &#8220;film is full of striking imagery&#8221;, providing clear evidence of Reeves&#8217;s talent as a director: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Cinematography-1024x437.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Cinematography-1024x437.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Cinematography-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Cinematography-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Cinematography-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Cinematography-1536x656.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Cinematography-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Cinematography.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; but its &#8220;low budget and dubbing make it really hard to appreciate.&#8221; He also argues that while &#8220;Steele&#8217;s appearance is too brief&#8221;, she &#8220;grabs your attention&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Steele.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Steele-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Steele-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Steele-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Steele-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Steele-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Steele-1536x661.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Steele-604x260.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Steele.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Striking imagery<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Imagery.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Imagery-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Imagery-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Imagery-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Imagery-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Imagery-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Imagery-1536x647.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Imagery-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Imagery.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Karlsen as Count von Helsing<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Karlsen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Karlsen-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-62371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Karlsen-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Karlsen-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Karlsen-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Karlsen-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Karlsen-1536x661.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Karlsen-604x260.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/She-Beast-Karlsen.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though any fan of Michael Reeves will undoubtedly be curious about this one.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0061005\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horror-wood.com\/reeves.htm\">Horror-Wood Review\/Essay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;With that thing around your neck, only the goblins would want you.&#8221; Synopsis: A newlywed (Barbara Steele) vacationing in communist Transylvania disappears into a lake, and emerges as the 18th century vampiric witch Vardella. Her husband (Ian Ogilvy) must enlist the help of Count von Helsing (John Karlsen) to bring his wife back to life. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Barbara Steele Films Horror Michael Reeves Films Possession Witches and Wizards Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary writes, &#8220;Michael Reeves&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1104\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62377,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions\/62377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}