Hex (film)
Encyclopedia
Hex is a 1973
US horror film
starring Keith Carradine
, Dan Haggerty
, Gary Busey
, Hillarie Thompson and Tina Herazo that, according to Phil Hardy
's The Encyclopedia of Horror Movies "crosses elements of the bike film with those of the post-western and the supernatural tale." Hardy's book also states "The film scarcely succeeds in welding its disparate elements together, but still makes a distinctive, atmospheric impression."
cast on them by a Native American
girl and the bikers soon depart this world in not so natural ways.
The film is currently not released on DVD
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1973 in film
The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra....
US horror film
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
starring Keith Carradine
Keith Carradine
Keith Ian Carradine is an American actor who has had success on stage, film and television. In addition, he is a Golden Globe and Oscar winning songwriter. As a member of the Carradine family, he is part of an acting "dynasty" that began with his father, John Carradine.-Early life:Keith...
, Dan Haggerty
Dan Haggerty
Dan Haggerty is an American actor, best known for the title role in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams....
, Gary Busey
Gary Busey
William Gary Busey , best known as Gary Busey, is an American film and stage actor and artist. He has appeared in a large variety of films, as well as making regular appearances on Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, and Entourage...
, Hillarie Thompson and Tina Herazo that, according to Phil Hardy
Phil Hardy (journalist)
Phil Hardy is an English film and music industry journalist. He was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire in 1945 and studied at the University of Sussex, 1964-1969, during which time he was a visiting student at the Berkeley campus of the University of California . At Sussex he started The Brighton Film...
's The Encyclopedia of Horror Movies "crosses elements of the bike film with those of the post-western and the supernatural tale." Hardy's book also states "The film scarcely succeeds in welding its disparate elements together, but still makes a distinctive, atmospheric impression."
Plot
A biker gang blows into town and messes with two sisters with psychic powers. This gets a hexHex
A hex is a magical spell, usually with malevolent purposes such as a curse. The term is derived from the German word Hexe for a witch.Hexa– is a prefix from the Greek word for 'six', as in hexagon, a polygon with six corners....
cast on them by a Native American
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
girl and the bikers soon depart this world in not so natural ways.
Cast
- Keith CarradineKeith CarradineKeith Ian Carradine is an American actor who has had success on stage, film and television. In addition, he is a Golden Globe and Oscar winning songwriter. As a member of the Carradine family, he is part of an acting "dynasty" that began with his father, John Carradine.-Early life:Keith...
- Tina Herazo
- Hillarie Thompson
- Mike Combs
- Scott GlennScott GlennTheodore Scott Glenn is an American actor. His roles have included Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy , astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff ,Emmett in Silverado , Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October , Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs and The Wise Man in Sucker Punch -Early...
- Gary BuseyGary BuseyWilliam Gary Busey , best known as Gary Busey, is an American film and stage actor and artist. He has appeared in a large variety of films, as well as making regular appearances on Gunsmoke, Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order, and Entourage...
- Robert WalkerRobert Walker Jr.Robert Hudson Walker, Jr. is an American actor.He was born in Queens, New York and is the elder son of actors Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones. A younger brother, Michael Walker, died in 2007 ....
- Doria Cook
- Dan HaggertyDan HaggertyDan Haggerty is an American actor, best known for the title role in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams....
- Iggie Wolfington
Releases
It has also been released under the titles Charms and The Shrieking.The film is currently not released on DVD
DVD
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