The Name of the Game Is Kill!

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Yeah I guessed the ending right from the start. It was so obviious. I guess it was a huge shocker back then but not so much now. Jack Lord with the Hungarian accent was pretty cool. He was a great actor. Susan Strasberg was so incredibly beautiful in this and such a powerful actress. I can't understand why her career was relegated to guest spots on various TV shows. She should have been an A lister in the movies. The actresses who played her sisters were gorgeous too. All in all, this film was low budget and ultimately weak.

The make -up is not very effective (close-ups) and the average viewer will have guessed the final unexpected twist long before the end . The screenplay which sometimes sounds like a poor man's Tennesse Williams is a jumble , like the three different stories the sisters tell which leaves their guest Jack Lord nonplussed ; nevertheless ,due to the low budget , the atmosphere of the place is the strong point of this B-movie ;the unusual pets (snakes and spiders galore) , the disturbing house and a mysterious past give the tale substance ; the strange beauty of Susan Strasberg is also an asset :hadn't it been for her ,why would J.Lord have stayed in this inhospitable area ,where you get run over as soon as you 're out of the one horse town?

This movie was interesting at best for this time era. It was a true thriller and most appealing to audiences around the world. I especially liked the differences between the three sisters, in which they all had various personalities and desires for this Hungarian drifter that happened to stop at the gas station in need of help. Jack Lord played a most interesting role as did the other members of the cast and I had found the sisters to be very desirable to Jack Lord and he did not see what was ahead of him before they tried to kill him by running him over the bridge. Each sister played a very different role in what they had in store for this Hungarian man and in the end it was a cliff hanger. Very much enjoyed for a film produced in the late 60's. A remake of this film would be very enlightening. Jeanelle Todd