Evil Spirits |  | Director: Gary Graver
Actors: Michael Berryman, Martine Beswicke, Brigitte Burdine, Joan Caulfield, Anthony Eisley
Studio: Cheezy Flicks Ent
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 84412
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: PEGDCF08D
UPC: 827421000088
EAN: 0827421000088
ASIN: B0006UFZTA
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Release Date: October 25, 2005
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Studio: Music Video Dist Release Date: 06/24/2008
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 Very Bland August 1, 2008
Paul Stefanski (Northern California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
To those interested in true crime I say this film is not worth your wallet and attention.
The producers of this film, or so I've understood, had the case of the infamous Dorothea Puente of Sacramento as its inspiration.
I would have given this film three more stars had it been more in-depth. It is very diluted. Dorothea Puente's case involved not only murders and check forgery, but suspicions, investigations, reporters, details into her dark past, the fact that she was a fugitive at one point, an ultimate arrest and an eventual incarceration. From day one, Dorothea Puente was a professional liar with a chameleonlike cleverness, having used different aliases which enabled her to committ murder and check forgery over and over. At the end of the film however, Ella Purdy (Karen Black) actually "admits" to a Social Security case worker that she murdered her boarders to collect from their pensions given she had a child to care for and a house to maintain since the death (murder?) of her husband. She ends up moving out of her house with her mute daughter with no sign of any arrest. She ducked arrest by having murdered the case worker himself in the house.
I would have given this film three more stars had it contained all the intricacies mentioned above and then some. Dorothea's case was long and complicated. This film is too bland.
Plus the picture and sound quality are less than mint. This movie was released in 1990, but the picture and sound are 70s quality.
Karen Black did a superb job in her role as Ella Purdy, plus she had a psychic among her boarders by the name of Vanya who was a rather folksy character. Arte Johnson did a fantastic job with the case worker role. These artistic qualities prompt me to give this film a two-star rating. Otherwise I would have rendered it just one.
 Classic Schlock... January 27, 2010
Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein (under the rubble)
EVIL SPIRITS is in no way trying to be a "serious" movie about murder. It's a fun, schlocky, madhouse-type movie in a similar vein to SPIDER BABY or MOTEL HELL. Karen Black (TRILOGY OF TERROR, BURNT OFFERINGS, IT'S ALIVE 3, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES) is the landlady, Ms. Purdy. She runs her boardinghouse much like Norman ran the Bates motel! Her residents just can't seem to stay alive for long, leaving her the chore of burying them in the back yard. Thank goodness she can continue to cash their social security checks! Filled w/ oddball characters, including Michael Berryman (THE HILLS HAVE EYES, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS) as a writer / peeping tom, a mute girl who dances continually, a drunk, and a medium. ES is complete w/ murder, cannibalism, a seance, and the disembodied voice of Ms. Purdy's late husband. We even get Arte Johnson (LOVE AT FIRST BITE) as a social security operative, Yvette Vickers (ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN, ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES) as a nosey neighbor, Robert Quarry (COUNT YORGA: VAMPIRE 1 and 2, DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN, DEATHMASTER, MADHOUSE) as a doctor, and Hoke Howell as the mailman! I can die happy now...
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