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2.0 out of 5 stars
Sadly, Agnes Moorehead's last film !, January 4, 2002
This review is from: Dear Dead Delilah [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Agnes Moorehead was the best supporting actress of the 40's, the 50's and the 60's in americans movies. She played in more than 60 films such as "Citizen Kane", "The Magnificents Ambersons", "Johnny Belinda", "Caged", "All that heaven allows" and "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" and she was, of course, Endora the witch (Elizabeth Montgomery's mother) in the long running serie "Bewitched". She was nominated 5 times for Academy Award, won 2 Golden Globe, was nominated more than 10 times for Emmy Award and won the New York Critics Award in 1942... But like many very good actresses (Bette Davis in "Wicked Stepmother", Joan Crawford in "Trog"...), she finished her career very sadly, in a bad horror film... "Dear Dead Delilah" is good only for the OK performance of Agnes Moorehead, and that it ! It's violent, sadic, very hard for a 1972 picture ! Mrs Moorehead died in 1974, two years after the release of this film. If you want to remember her beautiful career, don't waste your time here...
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Standout cast saves typical seventies horror film..., September 28, 2010
This review is from: Dear Dead Delilah [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Typical seventies, horror movie involving a buried treasure and a family's murderous attempts to find it and dig it up. The plot is thin and predictable and the "horror" scenes are more laughable than terrifying, but a wonderful cast and strong acting pulls this one out of the dumpster.
Agnes Moorehead, as the title character, gives an especially standout performance. Worth a look. END
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Not Bad For It's Time, February 18, 2005
Growing up in Nashville in the 70's I remember vividly when they were filming scenes for this movie which everyone was talking about. The plot and the characters are pure camp but if you like a good old fashioned blood and gore flick then here it is if you can locate a copy. Agnes Moorehead (Endora from Bewitched) in her last role before dying plays Delilah Charles who lives on an old plantation that her papa left to her when he passed away. He is buried in the old mausoleum on the property. Poor Delilah is surrounded by her dysfunctional siblings Michael Ansara (ex-husband of Barbara Eden)who plays Morgan. He shows up when he hears that Delilah is near death. He brings along a daffy girlfriend named Buffy. Dennis Patrick and Anne Meacham play the other two sibs. Will Geer (Grandpa Walton) makes an appearance as a cousin and family attorney. One by one each sib is hacked to death in an attempt to gain the inheritance. The main suspect is the new caregiver Luddy who axed her own mother to death many years before and spent most of her adult years in an institution. If you liked Prom Night,Terror Train then you will love Dear Dead Delilah.
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