The Hearse (1980)
4/10
It could have been much better
10 May 2017
Jane Hardy (Trish Van Devere) is moving to a small town in order to take possession of an aunt's house that's been sitting vacant for many years. Oddly, almost everyone in town is very nasty to her...and she has no idea why. The only ones who are nice are a young guy who is secretly infatuated with her and Tom, a sexy guy who loves her almost at once. The portion of the film involving the town hating her and the finale seems to last a very long time. Oddly, after going on a killing spree, the evil spirit comes after her and it all ends in a car chase...which is kind of weird considering it's a ghost.

The problems are the pacing and the finale...both of which left me cold. It's a shame. I wanted to enjoy the movie much more than I ultimately did. At times, it's pretty good. At other times, it looks like the script could have used a re-write.
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