Directed by:
Silvio NarizzanoScreenplay:
Richard MathesonCinematography:
Arthur IbbetsonComposer:
Wilfred JosephsCast:
Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Donald Sutherland, Robert Dorning, Gwendolyn Watts, Diana King, Maurice Kaufmann, Yootha Joyce (more)VOD (1)
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Directed by Silvio Narizzano, Fanatic, also known as Die! Die! My Darling, stars Hollywood great Tallulah Bankhead in her final film performance. She stars as the psychotic religious zealot Mrs Trefoile, who terrorises and imprisons her dead son's fiancée Patricia (Stefanie Powers) and is determined to 'cleanse' her soul. (Powerhouse Films)
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The weakest Hammer film I’ve ever watched. The synopsis (a domineering old hag imprisons her dead son's ex-girlfriend in the house, and through prayers and hunger strikes tries to force her to repent) is not completely futile, it’s quite original, but the director is such a buffoon. He’s absolutely incapable of giving tension to the scenes, you don't care what happens in the next minutes, the actors are more like an absurd panopticon. He can’t even build-up the ending, even though he had it all there. And most importantly, it has a horrible, horrible soundtrack, completely inappropriate to the action in the film. To exaggerate a bit, it’s as if you used Cannibal Corpse for the soundtrack of a kids show; here they use the jingle of a carousel.
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Die! Die! My Darling! is another good film, shot in the UK, and it shows that going down the path of tension and atmosphere is truly possible, and that even after fifty years, it's a film that will disturb you. The ending could perhaps have been handled better, but there are some really well-directed moments that prove to you that this is simply something that is good.
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