{"id":3626,"date":"2007-07-12T12:59:58","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T19:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3626"},"modified":"2022-01-27T00:47:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T07:47:43","slug":"haunts-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3626","title":{"rendered":"Haunts (1977)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s a maniac loose out there &#8212; and in times like these, we ought to keep an eye out for one another.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA highly religious, sexually repressed woman (May Britt) who lives on a farm with her uncle (Cameron Mitchell) fears for her life when several local girls are raped and killed.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aldo Ray Films<\/li>\n<li>Cameron Mitchell Films<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Repression<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nHerb Freed&#8217;s unusual psycho-sexual thriller starts out strong but ends on a confusing whimper. For the first 45 minutes or so, things look promising: a series of well-edited flashbacks to Britt&#8217;s childhood (she&#8217;s a complex character) provide some intrigue, and we&#8217;re kept in suspense about the identity of the killer. Unfortunately, the screenplay&#8217;s logic eventually falls apart, and by the final sequences &#8212; when we&#8217;re finally told the (convoluted) back story of what&#8217;s come before &#8212; we&#8217;ve given up caring. Although Britt isn&#8217;t a great actress, she manages to effectively portray her character&#8217;s paranoia, and it&#8217;s wonderful to see Aldo Ray in a bit role; others, however, don&#8217;t fare nearly so well, and aren&#8217;t helped by the sloppy script.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective editing, particularly in the opening shots<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Editing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Editing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Editing.jpg 636w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Editing-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Editing-128x97.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Editing-358x270.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Aldo Ray in a too-small role as a tippling sheriff who&#8217;s concerned about Britt<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Ray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Ray.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Ray.jpg 636w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Ray-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Ray-128x97.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Haunts-Ray-358x270.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Though this is listed as a Sleeper in the back of Peary&#8217;s book, it&#8217;s not really worth seeking out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0076127\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a maniac loose out there &#8212; and in times like these, we ought to keep an eye out for one another.&#8221; Synopsis: A highly religious, sexually repressed woman (May Britt) who lives on a farm with her uncle (Cameron Mitchell) fears for her life when several local girls are raped and killed. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Aldo Ray Films Cameron Mitchell Films Murder Mystery Serial Killers Sexual Repression Review: Herb Freed&#8217;s unusual psycho-sexual thriller starts out strong but&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3626\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626","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=3626"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80691,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3626\/revisions\/80691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}