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Directed by Leo Garen Initial release October 1973 Budget 980,000 USD | 4.8/10 IMDb Produced by Clark Paylow Director Leo Garen Screenplay Leo Garen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Leo GarenStephen KatzVernon Zimmerman (story) Starring Keith CarradineTina HerazoHillarie ThompsonMike CombsScott GlennGary BuseyDan Haggerty Music by Charles BernsteinPatrick Williams Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox (USA) Cast Similar Gary Busey movies, Thrillers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The shrieking a k a hex
Hex is a 1973 American horror film filmed on Cheyenne River Indian Reservation starring Keith Carradine, Dan Haggerty, Gary Busey, Hillarie Thompson and Christina Raines (billed as Tina Herazo). The film was initially publicized under the title Grass Land. According to Phil Hardy's The Encyclopedia of Horror Movies, Hex "crosses elements of the bike film with those of the post-western and the supernatural tale... The film scarcely succeeds in welding its disparate elements together, but still makes a distinctive, atmospheric impression."
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Plot
Set in 1919, immediately after the First World War, a loosely knit band of motorcyclists back from fighting in Europe is making their way across the United States to seek their fortunes in California. They come upon the fictional town of Bingo, Nebraska and are challenged to a race by a local hot rodder. The outcome of the race is disputed, and the bikers flee into the surrounding countryside. They hide on a farm owned by two sisters, Acacia and Oriole, whose recently deceased father was a Native American shaman. The bikers are soon discovered by the sisters, who reluctantly allow them to stay overnight. One of the bikers attempts to rape the younger sister, after which the older sister dons her father's shaman regalia and casts a hex on the gang. The bikers soon start departing this world in not so natural ways.
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Releases
It has also been released under the titles Charms and The Shrieking.
The film is currently released as Charms on DVD by Smooth Motion Pictures Inc.
