Rating: 
Summary: A complete disaster!
Review: If you're like me, you probably wanted to check out this movie because it sounded like it really could be an excellent supernatural Gothic horror tale full of goblins and wicked things alike. Well, don't make the same mistake I did and actually watch it. It's horrible. Terrible. An honest to goodness waste of film. The acting is wretched, the film quality is rotten (it actually looks twenty years older than it is), and the plot is thin, weak, and does not give you what it's supposed to. The only reason I bothered to give this film 1 star is because of Alexis Arquette -- he's great looking, but should have left this film out of his career.
Rating: 
Summary: FIND A CANDLESTICK, JACK
Review: Strange New Zealand film full of psychological suspense and psychic silliness. Alexis Arquette (Sometimes They Come Back Again) stars as the titular Jack, a young man who was cruelly abused by his adopted parents and their four witches from hell daughters. We follow little Jack and his sister Dora, who was adopted by loving parents, as they grow up. Eventually, Jack invents some kind of hypnotizing machine, coercing his adopted parents to kill themselves, and then he's off looking for both his sister Dora and his real parents. Meanwhile, Dora's hooked up psychically and physically with some older man named Teddy (played by Bruno Lawrence in a lifeless performance), who she employs to help find her brother Jack.
The movie has a tragic underpinning, but once grown up, Jack is so obnoxious in his revenge, and Dora becomes nothing more than a whining, sniveling teenage girl, pregnant by her psychic lover. They find their real parents, but the four sisters take care of things to make the ending as tragic as possible.
The movie looks thirty years old, and overall, is a disappointing thud. Arquette is talented, but here he emotes to the level of high school thespianism, and Sarah Kennedy as Dora just gets on your nerves.
Avoid.
Rating:
Summary: FIND A CANDLESTICK, JACK
Review: Strange New Zealand film full of psychological suspense and psychic silliness. Alexis Arquette (Sometimes They Come Back Again) stars as the titular Jack, a young man who was cruelly abused by his adopted parents and their four witches from hell daughters. We follow little Jack and his sister Dora, who was adopted by loving parents, as they grow up. Eventually, Jack invents some kind of hypnotizing machine, coercing his adopted parents to kill themselves, and then he's off looking for both his sister Dora and his real parents. Meanwhile, Dora's hooked up psychically and physically with some older man named Teddy (played by Bruno Lawrence in a lifeless performance), who she employs to help find her brother Jack.
The movie has a tragic underpinning, but once grown up, Jack is so obnoxious in his revenge, and Dora becomes nothing more than a whining, sniveling teenage girl, pregnant by her psychic lover. They find their real parents, but the four sisters take care of things to make the ending as tragic as possible.
The movie looks thirty years old, and overall, is a disappointing thud. Arquette is talented, but here he emotes to the level of high school thespianism, and Sarah Kennedy as Dora just gets on your nerves.
Avoid.
Rating: 
Summary: simply a masterpiece
Review: This film strikes out with lavish images and dark scenery. Mr. Maxwell is a remarkable director/writer and should not ever go overlooked.
Rating:
Summary: "The golden flower is good to be seen"
Review: This is my possibly the most underacclaimed work of cinematic brilliance ever. Nasty and a little disturbing yet at the same time uplifting and joyous.And ohhhhhhhhh! Those sisters!
Rating:
Summary: One of my favorite horror movies of all time
Review: This movie was the most original thing I've seen in years. It stars Alexis Arquette who is emotionally and physically abused to the point of having to retaliate using his invention. Believe you me, this is a sight to behold. I agree with everyone, the sisters were creepy. The ending of this movie still gives me bad dreams. Veeeeery scary.
Rating:
Summary: One of my favorite horror movies of all time
Review: This movie was the most original thing I've seen in years. It stars Alexis Arquette who is emotionally and physically abused to the point of having to retaliate using his invention. Believe you me, this is a sight to behold. I agree with everyone, the sisters were creepy. The ending of this movie still gives me bad dreams. Veeeeery scary.
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