Something Weird (1967)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1967
Running Times: 80 mins
Format: colour
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Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Hur-Lew Productions
Producer: James F. Hurley
Associate Producer: Fred M. Sandy
Production Manager: Andy Romanoff
Unit Manager: William Petan

SCRIPT
Script: James F. Hurley

DIRECTION
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Herschell Gordon Lewis, Andy Romanoff
Gaffer: Walter Fuessl
Electrician: Louis Weiner

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Richard Brinkman

MUSIC
Music: Edward J. Petan

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Guy Galloway

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Hair: Jack Mastro

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Louise Downe (real name: Allison Louise Downe)

MISCELLANEOUS
Crew Chief: Robert Vercruse

LOCATIONS
Locations: Chicago, Illinois, USA

CAST
Tony McCabe (Cronin 'Mitch' Mitchell)
Elizabeth Lee (Ellen Parker)
William Brooker (Dr Alex Jordan)
Mudite Arums (the hag)
Ted Heil (Detective Maddox)
Lawrence Wood (real name: Lawrence J. Aberwood) (Chief Vinton)
Larry Wellington (Reverend Ammond)
Roy Collodi (Dr Roxin)
Jeffrey Allen (Dr White)
Richard Nilsson (EMT doctor)
Carolyn Smith (Nurse Browning)
Norm Lenet (Stein)
Louis Newman (ambulance attendant)
Dick Gaffield (drunkard at restaurant)
Janet Charlton (secretary)
Lee Ahsmann (photographer)
Daniel Carrington (man in bar #1)
Roger L. Papsch (man in bar #2)
Elizabeth Galloway (palm reader customer)
Sheldon Seymour (real name: Herschell Gordon Lewis) (narrator)
Vickie Wolfe (murder victim)
Stan Dale (government official)
William G. Petan (lawyer)
Semaj Yelruh (editor)
George Cohon (banker)
Peg Stewart (Vinton's wife)
Kathy Koenig (the ghost)
Joe Adamik (policeman)
Richard Donning
Daniel Milano (matre d'hotel)
Jacque Dayton
Janet Granata
Helen Bridget

PLOT SUMMARY

Cronin 'Mitch' Mitchell is horribly disfigured in an accident and develops psychic powers. He becomes a reclusive fortune teller and meets a mysterious old woman who promises to magically restore his looks if he agrees to become her lover. The woman is true to her word but Mitch soon falls in love with the younger and more beautiful Ellen and they run away together, Mitch using his powers to exorcise a ghost and track down a brutal serial killer.

AVAILABILITY

Australia
DVD Distributors: Siren Visual Entertainment

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Mayflower Pictures
Video Distributors: Something Weird Video; Video Dimensions; Vidmark Entertainment
DVD Distributors: Something Weird Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

USA
Rating: unrated

TIMELINE

1966
June
Day Unknown: USA - filming begins

July
Day Unknown: USA - filming ends

August
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release

1968
March
27: USA - theatrical re-release

POSTER TAGS

Something Weird comes to haunt you...

a boiling, bizarre tale of a mad love that crashes through the supernatural!

An unbelievable journey into the awesome worlds of E.S.P. and witchcraft!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Eerie World of Dr Jordan - working title

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Extra Weird (2003)
Shiver & Shudder Show (2002)

KEYWORDS

drugs, esp, levitation, lsd, psychics, serial killers, snipers, the supernatural, witchcraft

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009