Before CHRISTINE, the nefarious element of a ghostly vehicle wreaking havoc occurred in this old style horror flick wherein THE HEARSE has a different kind of twist... as Trish Van Devere's city-dwelling Jane Hardy moves into a small East Coast town where her aunt had lived, and wasn't exactly a churchgoer but rather, a full blown Satan-worshipper, and the entire uptight town knows it.
The most effective scenes occur so fast you best not blink: one moment when a ghost appears in the house's top window works better than the usual modern cheap jolt. And then, during a courtship with a dark, handsome (and eerie) stranger, not only are locals messing with her head, and a druggist's son (Perry Lang) has a moody crush. And Joseph Cotten's cantankerous realtor wants ownership, adding for her character a mysterious element of who or what's
really behind that hearse, showing up whenever needed but without owning the movie itself, only the title: It's Trish that the film truly belongs, turning in a performance as subtle and nuanced as the proceedings for which she's both predator and prey.
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| Trish Van Devere starring in THE HEARSE Year: 1980 Rates: **** |
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| Trish Van Devere enters THE HEARSE Trish Van Devere THE HEARSE |
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| Blu Ray flipside cover for THE HEARSE inspired by Deathproof and a hi def capture of Trish Van Devere |
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| Veteran Actor Joseph Cotten as the grouchy Walter Prichard in THE HEARSE Joseph Cotten |
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| Donald Hotton as the creepy looking but pretty cool acting preacher in The Hearse Donald Hotton |
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| Irritable and cranky Joseph Cotten chews out Van Devure incessantly in The Hearse Joseph Cotten |
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| Joseph Cotten pours The Virginian veteran Med Flory a drink in The Hearse Med Flory |
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| David Gautreaux as the perfect tall man in black with Trish Van Devere The Hearse David Gautreaux |
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| Trish Van Devere and Perry Lang The Hearse Perry Lang Trish Van Devere |
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| Trish Van Devere in THE HEARSE |
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| The Hearse opening credit artwork |
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