Yes, this was available on Amazon for only a few days as it's an obvious bootleg. I bought it because it seems Universal will continue to drag their feet on getting this to Blu-ray, and frankly I'm tired of waiting.
The film opens with a young woman being tended to by Dr. John Carter (John Hoyt). It seems there has been a rash of deaths in the area of young women and the doc is hard pressed to figure it out.
Carter's beautiful daughter Dolores (Kathleen Crowley) is stunned when her father returns home one night from seeing the Sheriff dead. Dolores' boyfriend Dan Carter (Eric Fleming) is a minister and after seeing small marks on the necks of several victims begins to suspect something very sinister is going on.
Dolores believes it was a gunslinger named Buffer (Bruce Gordon) who killed her father and her younger brother loses his life in a gunfight with Buffer. Dolores then sets out to make posters advertising for a hired killer to rid the land of Buffer.
Along comes a man dressed all in black named Drake Robey (Michael Pate). Robet agrees to the $100 off to kill Buffer. Soon Dolores and Robey are getting too close for comfort and Dan tries to step in, but it seems Dolores is under some kind of spell.
This sets up for an interesting and offbeat ending for a wonderful offbeat film. I love westerns and horror films and this makes for an excellent mixture of both.
Pate does a great job as Drake Robey, a man cursed after he killed himself in grief after killing his brother many years ago. This was Pate's only starring role in a movie and he carried it very well.
The rest of the cast does a good job and the mixing of two genres is seemless. Others in the cast include Edward Binns, Jimmy Murphey and Jay Adler.
The disc is, as I said, a bootleg. The volume is a little low, but it's not a big deal. I would be very happy to upgrade to a blu-ray from Universal if they'd just get off their ass and put this on digital media.
I highly recommend this fun thriller. if you can find it. This disc doesn't exist anymore so good luck finding it. Come on Universal.
One last thing about this movie. I always had the hots for leading lady Kathleen Crowley, and everything she is in I try and see. This is her best performance in my opinion.
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