Review of A Kiss Before Dying

I for one, was happy when they finally released this movie on DVD. I enjoyed the premise, which I realize was done several years earlier with Robert Wagner (never saw the original). The acting was certainly stiff and one-dimensional, but if you look past that, the production values were good, the story compelling and really nice score by the great, Howard Shore. The touches by Mr. Shore doing the film soundtrack are very indicative of Silence of the Lambs if you listen, with some hints of what I believe are likely the notes from the original fifties score. Hey, the movie sells for $6.00 at Best Buy, for my money definitely worth the purchase.