This is another one of those movies that tries to be scary, mysterious, and filled with tension, but doesn't invoke anything but laughter, the unintentional kind.
As in "The Exorcist", an evil something-or-other (Actually, an Egyptian queen, whose spirit was freed by archaeologist Chuck and his minions) is wandering about, looking to create malice. And like the counselors at Camp Crystal Lake, the characters in "The Awakening" are getting bumped off one by one in very creative ways. Actually, this movie could have used Jason, or at least his hockey mask, which the actors could have worn to hide their faces, thus shielding them from ridicule by those who howl at this excellent example of truly bad cinema.
What were Charlton Heston and Susannah York thinking when they signed on to do this epic? Mucho dollars, probably. That has to be the reason- for sure, this ain't art.
Also in the cast is a young Stephanie Zimbalist, who plays Chuck's daughter. She becomes possessed by the queen's spirit and turns into an evil, sexy royal. The third act alone, where she really starts raising Cain, is worth a rental (only if you have a freebie- don't plunk down real money for this one). If you liked Stephanie in "Remington Steele", then see what propelled her to do TV- the sooner people could forget her in this horrid film, the better for her career.
As in "The Exorcist", an evil something-or-other (Actually, an Egyptian queen, whose spirit was freed by archaeologist Chuck and his minions) is wandering about, looking to create malice. And like the counselors at Camp Crystal Lake, the characters in "The Awakening" are getting bumped off one by one in very creative ways. Actually, this movie could have used Jason, or at least his hockey mask, which the actors could have worn to hide their faces, thus shielding them from ridicule by those who howl at this excellent example of truly bad cinema.
What were Charlton Heston and Susannah York thinking when they signed on to do this epic? Mucho dollars, probably. That has to be the reason- for sure, this ain't art.
Also in the cast is a young Stephanie Zimbalist, who plays Chuck's daughter. She becomes possessed by the queen's spirit and turns into an evil, sexy royal. The third act alone, where she really starts raising Cain, is worth a rental (only if you have a freebie- don't plunk down real money for this one). If you liked Stephanie in "Remington Steele", then see what propelled her to do TV- the sooner people could forget her in this horrid film, the better for her career.