Herne Bay, also Kent, was used for the scene where a young John Morlar (Adam Bridges) stays with his parents and is out on the seafront. Its dialogue was described in Kim Newman's book Nightmare Movies (1988) as "incredibly misanthropic". A French detective (Lino Ventura) asks a psychiatrist (Lee Remick) about an Englishman (Richard Burton) with the power to cause disaster. In Greek mythology, Medusa also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Later, he proves to Dr. Zonfeld that he is the instrument of disaster when, with her watching, he forces a Boeing airliner to crash into a London office tower, killing everyone on board. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Jack Gold’s The Medusa Touch followed a year later in a more commercial, supernatural vein, and while hardly a success, the film became an unlikely tv staple in the UK, viewed on ITV by millions on regular Sunday night screenings. Supernatural telekinetic horror thrillers apparently became a thing in the 1970s. 402 likes. The hotel is now residential properties.[5]. Most sources describe her as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, although the author Hyginus makes her the daughter of Gorgon and Ceto. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone. Roger Ebert. The Medusa Touch trailer 1978. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Directed by Jack Gold. John wills the car to move towards his parents, which causes them and the car to fall over the cliff. That isn't to say that The Medusa Touch doesn't have some particular aces up its sleeve for, after a slow beginning, it hits something of a stride, never more so than when Morlar downs an airliner in a foreshadowing of the events of 11 September. The “Medusa” metaphor has no real application, and actually would have worked a lot better for Stephen King’s titular telekinetic, who, unlike Morlar, has serious body-shame issues. This article is about the 1978 film that starred, "Kent Film Office The Medusa Touch Film Focus", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Medusa_Touch_(film)&oldid=1014191443, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 March 2021, at 18:01. What is particularly effective about this is how enjoyable this is as well as often being very grim. Keep these things in mind: 1. Drama. The Medusa Touch is one of several Van Greenaway books featuring the character Inspector Cherry of Scotland Yard.. With Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Lino Ventura, Harry Andrews. The screenplay was by John Briley, based on the 1973 novel The Medusa Touch by Peter Van Greenaway. Morlar, a second class writer, is brutally killed. In addition, Gordon Honeycombe, long-time newscaster on the ITN national news broadcast, appears as the TV Newscaster on televisions being watched by various characters. Once Exorcist II: The Heretic came out, nobody wanted to go see Richard Burton in this ESP disaster film from England. It stars Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick and Harry Andrews, with cameos by Alan Badel, Derek Jacobi, Gordon Jackson, Jeremy Brett and Michael Hordern. The music is written by Michael J. Lewis. Monsieur Brunel, a French detective on an exchange scheme in London, is assigned to investigate the apparent murder of novelist John Morlar. Who soon after dies of a radically disenchanted novelist with highly destructive telekinetic powers SCREENWRITERS: John,... 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