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Curse of the Headless Horseman
USA 1974
produced by Leonard Kirtman, Kenn Riche for Kirt Films
directed by Leonard Kirtman (as John Kirkland)
starring Marland Proctor, Claudia Reame, Don Carrara, Ultra Violet, Lydia Rosenbloom, B.G. Fisher, Ray Saniger, Tom Clarke, Robert Moss, Margo Dean, Jacqueline Gonzales, Joe Cody, Lee Byers, Gina Michaels, Stephen D'Amico, Loerillie, Rebecca Perlman, Neil Perlman, Artie Gonzales, Robert Callahan, Randy Ornelaz, Timothy A. Grace, Rachel Bard, Ritch Brinkley
written by Leonard Kirtman, Kenn Riche, cinematography by Henning Schellerup
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Mark (Marland Proctor) is set to inherit millions, but only if he can
turn a ghost town into a profitable business venture within 6 months. So
he, his hippie friends and a few cowboy performers try to turn it into a
big tourist attraction with Western shows and everything ... but the
tourists seem to be less than impressed. Instead, the ghost town seems to
be attracting a headless horseman, who first attacks and later even kills
some of Mark's friends.
But who can the horseman be ?
The first suspect is Solomon (B.G.Fisher), the creepy caretaker of the
ghost town, but ultimately he has an alibi.
So what about Mark's friend John (Don Carrara), who has found gold on
the premises, who has tried to buy the land from Mark and who is
ultimately found in the headless horseman costume ?
Nope, he too has an alibi. In fact the only one without an alibi is
Mark himself, who is of course in fact the headless horseman and who
attacked and killed all those people to prevent them from finding the gold
on his land ... and in the end, he gets his just desserts.
Ultra Violet has a guest role as a Countess who wants to buy Mark's
land.
A not too convincing blend of horror, hippie and cowboy motives, made
obviously on a shoestring with probably only half a script, so in several
scenes the actors are left to improvise ... and are not very good at it.
In fact, some of the dialogue in the film is so blatant and silly it
almost hurts. It doesn't help either that no attempt at creating either
atmosphere or suspense - two key elements of a film of this ilk - are made
at all and the camerawork is disappointingly blatant. The best thing to
say about this film is probably that at times, it's so bad it's funny -
but unfortunately only at times.
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