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A great monster design, good production values and solid performances aren’t enough to save The Reptile from the banality of its plot. This isn't Anthony Hinds’ best work for Hammer by a long shot; his screenplay is a colonialist nightmare of an exotic curse finding its way to England and resulting in a reptilian creature killing people off. And that’s all fine enough, I suppose; it’s 1960s England and I don’t expect cultural sensitivity here. But Hinds makes the whole thing so dull that I couldn’t get into the mystery. When the titular monster shows up things pop; the makeup
This evening's viewing distraction: a revisit to some classic Hammer #Horror with The Reptile, featuring a young Jacqueline Pearce, long before her iconic Blake's 7 role.
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