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the reptile 1966 free download The reptile 1966 free download. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. What can I do to prevent this in the future? If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store. Cloudflare Ray ID: 669f09d59f3bc3f2 • Your IP : 188.246.226.140 • Performance & security by Cloudflare. The Reptile (1966) It's easy to discount The Reptile as being the most hackneyed and cliché-ridden of all the Hammer Gothics - but that's only because it takes the natural progression of such films to almost its logical conclusion. Because it is so much of a full-blown Gothic horror in every sense of the word, T he Reptile takes on every ingredient of the films which went before it, and mixes them together into a film so special that even when it's shown on the TV, the listings guides don't take the piss out of it. It really has got everything. For a start it's set in Cornwall - there's a small village beset by what appears to be an evil curse, and a huge manor house owned by a dodgy doctor. In the first reel a man is bitten to death by an unseen monster in full view of the doc, so you know he's in it up to his eyeballs. No "whodunnit" this one, I can tell you. With foam frothing from his lips and his face turning black, the poor unfortunate who dared to enter the manor suffers what has to be one of the worst deaths ever committed to celluloid by Hammer - for some reason this seems more realistic and frightening than the usual neck gougings, head removals and stake-plungings that go on in these films. The dead bloke is hastily committed to the ground by the frightened locals, who fear he has contracted "the black death". Enter the chap's brother and his saucy new wife - who have inherited the dead bloke's cottage and plan to live there. On entering the pub (after leaving his wife outside, because birds weren't allowed in pubs in those days), our hero is given the most fantastic "silent treatment" any hated stranger has ever received in such a film, before or since. It's even better than the "You made me miss my darts" scene in American Werewolf In London. After clearing the pub with his impertinent questions, our hero eventually gets the landlord to speak to him. Just a few words here about Michael Ripper (the landlord) and his amazing comedy beard - what were they thinking of? Perhaps the original idea was to make The Reptile laugh itself to death by unleashing the full force of this bizarre piece of faace fungus upon it. In the end the English weather won out. Sad, really. Full comedy value of the pub emptying antics is achieved when our hero comes into the pub again later on, and the same things happens. But anyway, I digress. As well as the manor, the fog-shrouded moors, the creature, the comedy beard and the hatred of strangers, the village also contains "Mad Peter", who also gets it in the neck, and an evil-looking Indian type (you can't trust these wallahs you know - especially not when they're a very white-looking person who's been blacked up for the part. Surely there were some Indian actors around in the late 60s? This blatant "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" racism was repeated in The Ghoul in 1975, too, when they really should have known better) Everything fairly gallops along until our hero suffers the same fate as his brother - luckily his very capable wife knows what to do when faced with snakebite (she's a bit of a gem all round, really) and he survives long enough to sort everything out - the manor house (of course) getting consumed by flames at the end. If you ever needed to watch a film to remind yourself why you love this shite, then this is the one. It's superb. Director: John Gilling Writer(s): Anthony Hinds. Cast: Noel Willman - Dr. Franklyn, Jennifer Daniel - Valerie Spalding, Ray Barrett - Harry Spalding, Jacqueline Pearce - Anna Franklyn, Michael Ripper - Tom Bailey, John Laurie - Mad Peter, Marne Maitland - Malay, David Baron - Charles Spalding, Charles Lloyd Pack - Vicar, Harold Goldblatt - Solicitor, George Woodbridge - Old Garnsey. The reptile 1966 free download. Courtesy of Canal+ Image UK Ltd. Cast: Noel Willman (Dr Franklyn), Ray Barrett (Captain Harry George Spalding), Jennifer Daniel (Valerie Spalding), Jacqueline Pearce (Anna Franklyn), Michael Ripper (Tom Bailey), John Laurie (Mad Peter) Harry Spalding arrives at a remote Cornish village where his brother has recently died. Once there, his investigations uncover strange bite marks on the bodies of the town's deceased, which eventually lead him to discover the secret of the 'snake person'. The Reptile was one of the key films in Hammer 's mid-'60s shift away from the traditional staples of Dracula, Frankenstein and the Mummy. It was released on a double bill with Rasputin - The Mad Monk (d. Don Sharp, 1966), although it was shot back to back with The Plague of the Zombies (d. John Gilling, 1966), which also used Pearce and Ripper in its cast. Like these films, The Reptile 's themes and concerns were products of its decade. The key theme, one explored around the same time by artists like The Beatles , was the influence of Eastern culture and beliefs on England. Here, however, the influence is presented negatively, with the implication that the 'primitive religion' (Dr Franklyn's words) of Borneo has been used to transform a nice English rose into a hideously destructive snake-woman. The only time this implicitly racist theme is used intelligently is in the relationship between Franklyn and his 'servant'. When the servant strikes Franklyn around the face and commands him to kill Harry, the question as to who is really in control is skilfully presented. Harry is a foreign influence himself, invading the small Cornish village from the city and inadvertently alienating the majority of the locals. Overall, the film makes a strong defence of traditional English country ways, whether they are threatened by Eastern or urban influences. The other clue to the film's '60s roots is its quasi-rebellious streak. 'Mad' Peter says that he gained his name because "I find it difficult to grasp some of the things people find important nowadays. like making money". The criticism of consumerism is coupled with Franklyn's position as a doctor of theology - only a few years previously Hammer were presenting characters who were clear-cut stalwarts of religion, but with this film and The Witches (d. Cyril Frankel, 1966), religious figures were becoming increasingly ambiguous (by the end of the 1960s almost all of Hammer's authority figures were presented as corrupt to some degree). Warner Bros was keenly supporting Hammer at this time, offering 50 per cent to the cost of additional publicity for exhibitors if approved by their exploitation manager. Sadly, The Reptile , like many other films from this period, was not as successful as Dracula Prince of Darkness (d. Terence Fisher, 1965), paving the way for Hammer 's return to more traditional horror product in the latter part of the decade. The Reptile subtitles. "Half woman - half snake!". Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by a lethal reptilian bite. They befriend a young woman Anna whose tyrannical father controls her life and, as they discover that others in the village have suffered a similar fate, their investigations lead to Anna. What they uncover is a victim of the most terrifying legacy. a destiny of mutilation and murder. The Reptile subtitles. "Half woman - half snake!". Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by a lethal reptilian bite. They befriend a young woman Anna whose tyrannical father controls her life and, as they discover that others in the village have suffered a similar fate, their investigations lead to Anna. What they uncover is a victim of the most terrifying legacy. a destiny of mutilation and murder..

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