tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post2043015076742716926..comments2024-03-13T10:29:38.310+11:00Comments on Cult Movie Reviews: Cash on Demand (1961)dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-12775955251785586032010-07-26T15:23:13.998+10:002010-07-26T15:23:13.998+10:00So far I've liked the Icons of Suspense set a ...So far I've liked the <em>Icons of Suspense</em> set a lot. <em>These Are the Damned</em> is my favourite, and I thought <em>Stop Me Before I Kill</em> was a pleasant surprise.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-44288390356813246822010-07-26T13:38:58.305+10:002010-07-26T13:38:58.305+10:00Samuel, you're quite right, it has a weird fee...Samuel, you're quite right, it has a weird feeling of being both a pychological suspense thriller and a sentimental Dickens Christmas tale. With a lesser cast it might have been an awful mess but the actors are good enough to just about carry it off. Especially Cushing.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-26555894282886988642010-07-26T11:47:01.732+10:002010-07-26T11:47:01.732+10:00This one had a peculiarly Dickensian quality for a...This one had a peculiarly Dickensian quality for a Hammer film, perhaps because of the ending and the lessons apparently learned by Cushing's character as well as the Christmastime setting. And Icons of Suspense is a great collection from what I've seen of it.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-11399363967157965172010-07-26T01:13:03.298+10:002010-07-26T01:13:03.298+10:00I reviewed this a while back myself and along with...I reviewed this a while back myself and along with NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER is the highlight of the Icons of Suspense collection. As you rightly point out Peter Cushing is excellent in this.Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.com