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Title: redeeming artistic pretensions...
Review: I enjoy these old, low-budget monster films and find Hideous Sun Demon to be a real favorite. No, the acting's not good, and the effects are unspectacular by today's standards, but there was an attempt here to craft something of value from modest materials. Underlying a pretty standard plot are suggestions about the opposites that pull at our protagonist: night vs. day, the brunette good girl vs. the blond singer, and drunkeness vs. sobriety. Is the sun a harsh moral judgement of some kind? That may be a stretch, but what symbolism there is suggests a level of thoughtfulness and a seriousness of intent uncommon to many of these films. If 50s sci-fi/horror is your thing, don't miss this one.
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