When a museum warehouse burns down, the only item left intact is a stone statue from Czechoslovakia.
However, when the museum curator and his assistant go to inspect it...the curator winds up being killed.
His assistant is a bizarre young man, who lives with his mother's desiccated corpse.
And he steals jewels, in order to deck her out.
After the death of his boss, he gets excited, because he feels that he should be next in line for the job.
But the owner of the museum goes over his head, and hires an outsider...who's a bit of a fascist...to take his place.
That's when he discovers the mysterious powers possessed by this equally mysterious statue.
And it's ability to kill...
Because it turns out that it is a Jewish Golem from 1550...the oldest known of it's kind.
And, as the centuries have past...it has only become more impossible to destroy.
All you need to get it to do your bidding is a magic scroll.
And a few deaths later...he finds this scroll, for himself.
Now he holds unfathomable power in his hands.
But will all this power go to his head?
First things first, he uses it to take out his new boss, so as to implant himself as the new curator.
He's been trying to woo his old boss's beautiful daughter...and get he and his mother a new house.
So he seeks to exploit the Golem's power to achieve these ends.
A fellow curator from an American museum tries to warn him that using the abilities of the Golem for selfish reasons, could cause it to go rogue.
But is it already too late?
Has he lost control of this supposedly mindless killer?
He's certainly lost control of his own ego, anyways.
Now, the only way to stop them...is for the military to intervene.
Ultimattely leading to the film's explosive conclusion...
Produced by Britain's 7 Arts, the film is shot in the style of a Hammer Horror film.
And considering such, it has really beautiful colour and mise en scene.
It's biggest flaw is it's attempt to spin in the bizarre psychology of the main character, which seems a bit forced...even unnecessary.
And the ending is also a bit rushed.
That being said...the story really is quite entertaining.
6 out of 10.
However, when the museum curator and his assistant go to inspect it...the curator winds up being killed.
His assistant is a bizarre young man, who lives with his mother's desiccated corpse.
And he steals jewels, in order to deck her out.
After the death of his boss, he gets excited, because he feels that he should be next in line for the job.
But the owner of the museum goes over his head, and hires an outsider...who's a bit of a fascist...to take his place.
That's when he discovers the mysterious powers possessed by this equally mysterious statue.
And it's ability to kill...
Because it turns out that it is a Jewish Golem from 1550...the oldest known of it's kind.
And, as the centuries have past...it has only become more impossible to destroy.
All you need to get it to do your bidding is a magic scroll.
And a few deaths later...he finds this scroll, for himself.
Now he holds unfathomable power in his hands.
But will all this power go to his head?
First things first, he uses it to take out his new boss, so as to implant himself as the new curator.
He's been trying to woo his old boss's beautiful daughter...and get he and his mother a new house.
So he seeks to exploit the Golem's power to achieve these ends.
A fellow curator from an American museum tries to warn him that using the abilities of the Golem for selfish reasons, could cause it to go rogue.
But is it already too late?
Has he lost control of this supposedly mindless killer?
He's certainly lost control of his own ego, anyways.
Now, the only way to stop them...is for the military to intervene.
Ultimattely leading to the film's explosive conclusion...
Produced by Britain's 7 Arts, the film is shot in the style of a Hammer Horror film.
And considering such, it has really beautiful colour and mise en scene.
It's biggest flaw is it's attempt to spin in the bizarre psychology of the main character, which seems a bit forced...even unnecessary.
And the ending is also a bit rushed.
That being said...the story really is quite entertaining.
6 out of 10.