The Gardener (1974 film) explained

The Gardener
Director:James H. Kay
Producer:Tony Belletier
Starring:Joe Dallesandro
Katharine Houghton
Rita Gam
Music:Marc Fredericks
Cinematography:Michael Zingale
Editing:Cal Schultz
Studio:KKI Films Inc.
Distributor:Nolan Production
Runtime:86 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
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]

Plot

A bored rich woman is bewitched by a strange gardener with his own dangerous secrets.

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]

Other

According to director James H. Kay, on the evening when the scene in which Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro's character swims nude in the pool was filmed half of San Juan showed up to watch the shoot.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Phil Hardy, Tom Milne. The Aurum film encyclopedia: Horror. Aurum Press, 1996. 1854103849.
  2. Book: Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. New American Library, 1987. 0452259940.
  3. Book: AA.VV.. Variety's Film Reviews: 1981-1982. Bowker, 1989. 0835227979.
  4. Web site: The Seeds of Evil (1974) - James H. Kay . Allmovie.com . AllMovie . 11 August 2018.
  5. Web site: Seeds Of Evil - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings . TV Guide.com . TV Guide . 11 August 2018.
  6. Web site: Butane . Johnny . Gardener, The (DVD) - Dread Central . Dread Central.com . 26 February 2006 . Johnny Butane . 11 August 2018.
  7. Web site: Gallman . Brett . Horror Reviews - Seeds of Evil (1974) . Oh the Horror.com . Brett Galman . 11 August 2018.
  8. Web site: Erickson . Glenn . The Gardener (Seeds of Evil) : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video . DVD Talk.com . Glenn Erickson . 11 August 2018.