The Sorcerers
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, kinetic, measured mind-control / karloff, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →An aging hypnotist creates a device that allows the user to control the mind of another person, but his wife abuses its power by manipulating a younger man to commit evil acts.
Our read · The Sorcerers (1967) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive mind-control · karloff · cult entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of The Sorcerers
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