A police detective uncovers a sinister occult explanation behind the mysterious death of a heroin-addicted prostitute.A police detective uncovers a sinister occult explanation behind the mysterious death of a heroin-addicted prostitute.A police detective uncovers a sinister occult explanation behind the mysterious death of a heroin-addicted prostitute.
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- TriviaKaren Black used a body double for all the nude shots of her filmed from behind.
- Alternate versionsSPOILER: The international DVD release by Telefilm is missing a scene (probably lost by a damaged print of the movie), when Christopher Plummer's character (Henderson) goes back to the apartment and finds a reel-to-reel tape with a Gregorian chant on it. It plays out and he accidentally drops it just before he hides when he hears footsteps. This is a fairly crucial scene in this movie.
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Well-Done Mystery
I really enjoyed this somewhat little known Canadian film about a Montreal police detective hot on the trail of a prostitute's death. Christopher Plummer does an excellent job as the cop trying to find out who killed Karen Black. Black is dead in the beginning of the film ,and the film alternates between what Plummer is doing in real time and flashback-type sequences with Black going through everything that happened up until her death. Black is lovely and adequate in her role, and the point of view used with her AFTER she was killed was quite inventive. But it is Plummer's performance which really seizes the film and makes it into something more than a regular murder mystery movie. Plummer discovers by piece by piece of evidence that Black became the victim of some sort of cult. Director Harvey Hart does an able job with the script creating tense scenes when needed and alternating shooting continuity between the two story lines. The film should not be over-looked. The biggest problem with the film for me is the opening credits which seems to drone on forever and accompanied by the most boring film song I have heard in a long. long time.
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- Dec 19, 2004
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- Saint Lawrence River(Multiple scenes driving across by bridge to suburbs and mainland Canada)
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- CA$1,000,000 (estimated)
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