Michael Gough was a Hammer Horror star alongside Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. He had a long intro in his career with horror, in a way that actors just do not do any more. He lends stiff British credence to Crucible of Horror, the oddly names subject of this today't entry. Today's entry is also from...dare I say? Some new 50 movie boxset. Homie.
Michael Gough and no one else really star in this slow burn entry. Gough plays a hard-driven, tough love kinda father. He is a total asshole to his daughter Jane, and is probably supposed to be a asshole to his wife as well, but he is specifically seen beating his daughter in one scene. One day, the wife looks at the daughter and says "let's kill him". What unfolds is their sinister plan to do away with the mean patriarch.
It's average in terms of what you expect... I guess it's not so much a spoiler warning, but once they do away with Gough, his body keeps on vanishing and some mystery calls are being made with a male voice saying to check on the whereabouts of his body. That's the "Horror" in the film. Also, there is another film that exists called Crucible of Terror. One of you guys needs to change your movie name, dudes. This one is alternately known as The Corpse, which makes more sense.
Gough's son in the movie is played by his real life son Simon Gough, and Jane was played by his fiancee. It's a nice family affair in other words, and it's decent enough. If you're in the right mood, I'd even say it approximates "good". Just, you know, slow. A little bland.
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