The Gardener (1974 film)

The Gardener (also known as Garden of Death and Seeds of Evil) is a 1974 American horror film written and directed by James H. Kay and starring Joe Dallesandro and Katharine Houghton.[1][2][3]

The Gardener
Directed byJames H. Kay
Produced byTony Belletier
Written byJames H. Kay
StarringJoe Dallesandro
Katharine Houghton
Rita Gam
Music byMarc Fredericks
CinematographyMichael Zingale
Edited byCal Schultz
Production
company
KKI Films Inc.
Distributed byNolan Production
Release date
October 1974
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000 (estimated)

Cast

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Subversive on February 28, 2006. It was later released by Subversive Cinema on January 29, 2008 as a part of its two-disk "Greenhouse Gore Two-Fer".[4]

Reception

TV Guide gave the film a negative review, calling it "rotten".[5] Reviewing Subversive's DVD release of the film, Johnny Butane from Dread Central awarded the film a score of 3.5 out of 5. While noting that the film was "dull and unexciting", Butane stated that the DVD's extras made it worth buying.[6] Brett Gallman from Oh, the Horror! panned the film, criticizing the lack of atmosphere, threadbare plot, sluggish pacing, and dull photography.[7] Glenn Erickson from DVD Talk criticized the film's lack of scares or tension, and script, calling it "yet another ill-fated attempt to try something different in a horror movie".[8]

See also

References
  1. Phil Hardy, Tom Milne. The Aurum film encyclopedia: Horror. Aurum Press, 1996. ISBN 1854103849.
  2. Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. New American Library, 1987. ISBN 0452259940.
  3. AA.VV. Variety's Film Reviews: 1981-1982. Bowker, 1989. ISBN 0835227979.
  4. "The Seeds of Evil (1974) - James H. Kay". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. "Seeds Of Evil - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings". TV Guide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. Butane, Johnny. "Gardener, The (DVD) - Dread Central". Dread Central.com. Johnny Butane. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. Gallman, Brett. "Horror Reviews - Seeds of Evil (1974)". Oh the Horror.com. Brett Galman. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. Erickson, Glenn. "The Gardener (Seeds of Evil) : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". DVD Talk.com. Glenn Erickson. Retrieved 11 August 2018.


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