My wife was somehow convinced during this film that Meg Foster is a post-op transvestite. Not sure why though.
Meg's a cheesy novel writer headed off to Greek island to indulge in her muse and perhaps eat kebabs and such like, but when she gets there her eccentric landlord (played by 140 year old Robert Morley) warns her to beware of the wind and also informs her that the housekeeper is a loser. He's right on both counts, because the wind never lets up for the entire film, and his housekeeper is a loser, because he's played by cheeseball actor Wings Hauser!
I'm just joking, we all love Wings in our house. He was great in Mutant (a film I like but everyone else in the world hates) and Nightmare at Noon (also known as 'Mutant again under a different name'). Here, he's the evilly named Phil, and turns up at Meg's new house all a-grinning and crazed right from the get go.
Inspired, Meg starts writing a story in which she imagines Wings braining Robert Morley with a poker, but then, it turns out, she sees Wings burying a body in a field. So is it all just in her imagination? Is Wings really a crazy goofy killer? Or is the wind something sinister and not something caused by eating too many kebabs?
Director Niko Mastorakis takes time out from making Oliver Reed kiss men (Hired to Kill), forcing George Kennedy to shoot crazed citizens (Nightmare at Noon), and filming a guy giving a goat some up it's wrong un (Island of Death), to give a more sedate and moody film where Wings chases Meg Foster around in circles. It's all done Giallo style, and just like a giallo, there's plenty of raised questions and a head scratching ending. Edge of Terror isn't quite as crazy as Mastorakis' other films, but it's no slouch either.
Although the film is bloodless and boobless, the Greek island scenery really helps conjure up words like 'isolated', 'atmospheric' and 'Wings-tastic'. Wings is the draw here for me, playing a guy who can't go for a second without going through some sort of mood swing. As Nietchze says: If you look into Wings Hauser long enough, Wings Hauser looks into you.
Meg's a cheesy novel writer headed off to Greek island to indulge in her muse and perhaps eat kebabs and such like, but when she gets there her eccentric landlord (played by 140 year old Robert Morley) warns her to beware of the wind and also informs her that the housekeeper is a loser. He's right on both counts, because the wind never lets up for the entire film, and his housekeeper is a loser, because he's played by cheeseball actor Wings Hauser!
I'm just joking, we all love Wings in our house. He was great in Mutant (a film I like but everyone else in the world hates) and Nightmare at Noon (also known as 'Mutant again under a different name'). Here, he's the evilly named Phil, and turns up at Meg's new house all a-grinning and crazed right from the get go.
Inspired, Meg starts writing a story in which she imagines Wings braining Robert Morley with a poker, but then, it turns out, she sees Wings burying a body in a field. So is it all just in her imagination? Is Wings really a crazy goofy killer? Or is the wind something sinister and not something caused by eating too many kebabs?
Director Niko Mastorakis takes time out from making Oliver Reed kiss men (Hired to Kill), forcing George Kennedy to shoot crazed citizens (Nightmare at Noon), and filming a guy giving a goat some up it's wrong un (Island of Death), to give a more sedate and moody film where Wings chases Meg Foster around in circles. It's all done Giallo style, and just like a giallo, there's plenty of raised questions and a head scratching ending. Edge of Terror isn't quite as crazy as Mastorakis' other films, but it's no slouch either.
Although the film is bloodless and boobless, the Greek island scenery really helps conjure up words like 'isolated', 'atmospheric' and 'Wings-tastic'. Wings is the draw here for me, playing a guy who can't go for a second without going through some sort of mood swing. As Nietchze says: If you look into Wings Hauser long enough, Wings Hauser looks into you.