Product: Magic [VHS] (1978)
Rating: 5.0
An underrated horror classic now on DVD!
Corky (Anthony Hopkins) is a failed magician who can still do tricks and finds the secret to his success in a big city night club thanks to being a ventriloquist with a dummy named Fats, his agent Ben Greene (Burgess Merideth) wants him to be on TV as Corky must be required a medical test before he can be on the show. Corky becomes obsessed with Fats especially having chats with him, he's too scared to have the medical test so he runs away for a while to a lake resort in the Catskills owned by the former love of his life Peg (Ann Marget) whom he falls for again, but Fats starts to become evil and wants to take control of Corky so he can kill people and go to the brink of insanity.Highly underrated and unique cult horror thriller from Richard Attenbough and writer William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), the film was a minor hit back in 1978 and gained a cult following. It blends horror with some humor, a superb score by Jerry Goldsmith, and great acting by the cast. The dummy Fats himself is quite a scary little thing for as i remembered back in 1986 when i was 4 watching this movie on video or TV i was terrfied and made me afraid of dummies especially of my brother's dummy but luckily now i'm not afraid of them anymore as much as i was as a kid.This DVD has great picture with sound quality and some good extras like a featurette, interviews, still gallery, trailer, radio spots and TV Spots like the infamous "Abracabra i Sit on his Knee" one. This is one of the best psycho and killer doll flicks ever, it's also one of my personal favorite horror movies that i strongly recommend for your horror collection.Also recommended: "Trilogy of Terror", "Child's Play", "Sleepaway Camp", "Making Contact (a.k.a. Joey)", "Tourist Trap", "Perfect Blue", "Deep Red", "Puppet Master", "Friday The 13th", "Dolls", "May", "Tenebre", "Halloween", "The Dark Half", "Pin", "Devil Doll (1964)", "Dead of Night (1945)", "Pinocchio's Revenge", "Scream", "Misery", "Dolly Dearest", "The Pit", "Great Gabbo", "Psycho (1960)", "The Shining", "American Psycho", "Poltergeist", "Saw", "Saw 2", and "The Sentinel".