Roddy McDowell takes good care of his mom.
What a great time of the year this is! All the blogs are doing their spooky thing for October and the streaming services have gone whole hog horror. So thought I would chime in with one of my personal favorites, a great British horror flick filmed in 1966, released in 1967.
A young and dapper Roddy McDowell plays an assistant museum curator who has a very unique relationship with the museum's latest piece, a 9 foot tall statue of the Golem of Prague. What will he do with his newfound friend and power? And what's the deal with his dead mother?
Roddy was a major rising star at this time and his lead performance here is at once strong, enthusiastic, psychotic, comedic - classic Roddy McDowell at his best.
A bit hard to find, except for some old VHS issues, does not look like it was ever released digitally, at least not here in the US. The only version online I could find is a fairly decent upload on DailyMotion below, enjoy! 2.75 stars/2.75
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