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Jack Palance (Actor), Martin Potter (Actor), Freddie Francis (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Jack Palance, Martin Potter, Julie Ege, Suzy Kendall, Trevor Howard
  • Directors: Freddie Francis
  • Format: Dolby, PAL
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Nucleus Films
  • DVD Release Date: 4 April 2016
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B018IO2JIU
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,154 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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Freddie Francis (Tales From The Crypt, Torture Garden) apparently didn't care much for this, his 1974 assignment for the Kandel and Cohen production house even going so far as to describe it as "worse than Trog" We at Nucleus, however, disagree: Craze is a slice of prime British horror sleaze, ripe for rediscovery. It's got everything! It's got Jack Palance (Dracula, Torture Garden, Hawk The Slayer) pretending to be English, exclaiming Jeezus Christ Almighty! and picking up dolly birds in funky psychedelic nightspots! It's got Martin Potter (Goodbye Gemini, Satan's Slave, Cruel Passion) as his paranoid, hard-drinking gay business partner, Julie Ege (Creatures the World Forgot, Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires) and Kathleen Byron (Twins of Evil) as ritual victims, and Michael Jayston (Thriller, Quiller, Tales that Witness Madness) Percy Herbert (The Fiend, Black Snake) and David Warbeck (The Beyond, The Black Cat) as a trio of grumpy flatfoot coppers! It's got Suzy Kendall (Up The Junction, Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Torso) as a curly-wigged hooker with a jaw-dropping sex-aid collection, and Trevor Howard, Diana Dors, Hugh Griffith and Edith Evans (you KNOW who they are), slumming it in late-career cameos! Not convinced? How about an homage to Peeping Tom (though we're not telling you where, so you have to buy it) an occult coven in purple robes chanting "armuneminuum" and a series of ghastly, grisly, gory, gruesome deaths? Or, best of all, how about Chuko, the ugliest, most googly-eyed fetish idol ever seen on-screen? Seriously, this doll makes both Hammer's Charlie Boy and the Zuni from Trilogy Of Terror look handsome by comparison. Let him into your life (even better, let this beautifully re-mastered disc into your player) and the rewards are plenty - but they don't come cheap. As the song says, "it's no sacri-fi-i-iiiice..." UK DVD Premiere! Uncut Version! Featurette with Johnathan Rigby Theatrical Trailer Freddie Francis Trailer Reel 1.66:1 / 16x9 / Mono 2.0 / English Hard of Hearing subtitles.

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4.0 out of 5 starsFascinating dollop of schlock
By Hamish Adam TOP 100 REVIEWER on 4 April 2016
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This is another dollop of mush from the king of schlock cinema, Herman Cohen, whose greatest claim to fame is that he produced the worst film that Joan Crawford ever appeared in, ‘Trog’.

‘Craze’ is incredibly loosely based on Henry Seymour’s novel, ‘Infernal Idol’ and stars Jack Palance as a demented antique-shop owner who performs rituals in honour of the African god Chuku. Rubbish as this sounds, Jack Palance isn’t a bad actor (he won an Academy Award for ‘City Slickers’) and the director, Freddie Francis is a good director. So what might have been dire drivel is actually alright.

And when I say alright, what I really mean to say is that ‘Craze’ is utterly preposterous. Here’s what happens: Jack Palance is shacked up with a former male prostitute named Ronnie. In his spare time, Palance murders women and sacrifices them to a silly-looking sculpture in the cellar. Needless to say, Palance steals the show by pushing women into furnaces and strangling hookers one-handed while babbling incessantly about the power of his daft sculpture.

The supporting cast is surprisingly OK too. Suzy Kendall is a perky massaging prostitute, Hugh Griffith is a nutty lawyer and Norwegian beauty Julie Ege is a jetset tramp with a past. Plus, there are the two great character actors Trevor Howard and Michael Jayston. The script has lots of funny lines and some clever setups, and is one of the most convincing comedy horror films I have ever seen. Now I come to think of it, maybe the only comedy horror film I have ever seen. 4 stars for bizarreness.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars
By butch on 7 April 2016
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classic 70s horror thouroughly enjoyed it would really recommend to all classic horror film lovers.
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Amazon.com: HASH(0x9830ba14) out of 5 stars 12 reviews
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HASH(0x97aed084) out of 5 stars AKA The Demon Master 30 Sept. 2008
By Horror Fan - Published on Amazon.com
Craze was originally released in 1974. Also released under the titles 'The Demon Master', 'Mystic Killer' and 'The Infernal Idol'. The back of the box reads:

"The proprietor of a Curio Shoppe (Jack Palance) reveres an African Idol he keeps under lock and key in his basement store room where he leads a witchcraft cult.

His obsession with the life-size, hideous artifact turns him into a murderous psychotic. He begins a series of human sacrifices to appease the evil spirit of the idol.

His prey . . . wealthy, beautiful women. With each killing, their riches become his.

An investigator (Trevor Howard) suspects the Curio dealer but lacks enough evidence to arrest him. However, irony has its way and the demon master seals his own fate."
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x97aed390) out of 5 stars "Don't Stand There Like A Blithering Idiot!"... 14 Jan. 2014
By Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein - Published on Amazon.com
CRAZE opens w/ a bizarre ceremony overseen by Neal Mottram (Jack Palance- WELCOME TO BLOOD CITY, ALONE IN THE DARK) complete w/ blood sacrifice. Neal is an unassuming antiques dealer. As such, he's acquired an African idol called Tuku. After a woman is inadvertently skewered on the idol's trident-like spear, Neal finds a thousand dollars worth of gold in an old desk. Later that night, Neal goes out to a club and picks up a beautiful woman. He takes her home, and, among other things, sacrifices her to Tuku! The next day, Neal makes the biggest sale of his life! Of course, Neal is now convinced that Tuku is his own magic cash machine. All he has to do is keep the sacrifices coming and... Presto! Sooo, in order to supply the funding for his suddenly extravagant lifestyle, Neal becomes a serial killer for Tuku, trolling around for hapless victims. Obviously, this simply can't continue. The police are closing in and Neal thinks he's become invincible. He is proven wrong. CRAZE is a twisted tale of insane greed and karmic retribution. Palance is suitably despicable in his devilish role...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x97aed06c) out of 5 stars A dissapointment! 7 Jan. 2013
By pk4039 - Published on Amazon.com
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This DVD is obviously made from a clean but soft 16mm print. The sound is poor and at times
becomes unlistenable. I was hoping for better quality. Buyer beware!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x97aed654) out of 5 stars Poor Picture and Audio Quality Made Me "Craze" 27 Dec. 2012
By Jack Shatter - Published on Amazon.com
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Avoid this DVD from Desert Island Films. It looks like it was duped from a third generation video copy, and the sound is nearly inaudible. If you really want it, wait until somebody puts out a credible version. This one is grade Z.

As for the movie itself, it is a rather routine English-made horror flick with Jack Palance as a gay antiques dealer who murders attractive young women to gain monetary rewards from an African idol-god named "Chuku." About all it really has is a typically intense performance from the glowering and scary Mr. Palance.
HASH(0x97aed9cc) out of 5 stars "Craze" is an action verb suggesting way more action than this film delivers 17 Sept. 2013
By H.N.Soriano - Published on Amazon.com
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This is an old movie that's been converted to a digital format from original analog, but unlike others it's not been "re-mastered", that is not retouched and edited for decent watching and listening in a digital format. The original analog copy must have soaked in a vat of acid prior to the conversion, as the picture sort of weaves to and fro. The movie is set in dreary London, so the drab gray and brown tones don't really make up for the large pixel picture, and the close-ups of the African god doll the lead actor worships, Chako, are nauseating the way they weave around.

The sound is even worse. All of the dialog is muffled and the bass of the background music sounds like it's playing three basements away. Although I've got a surround sound system, I had to crank the volume way up to try to piece together the words. The original analog audio was never buffered with a SAW filter so the highs and lows sort of squeal. Had the plot been a fast-paced, unique thriller, I'd have let the poor digital conversion slide, but pretty much everything about this movie fails, including the plot, writing, setting, costumes, theme, and everything else I mentioned before.

The one positive review of this movie must have been from one of Amazon's writers who HAS to create a somewhat positive review. For those of you old thriller and horror movie buffs, don't waste your money or time. The only thing this film is, is annoying.
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