Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural
PG | 01 May 1973 (USA)
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A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian, Lila embarks on a terrifying journey...

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Claysaba

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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Comwayon

A Disappointing Continuation

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Myron Clemons

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

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merklekranz

"Lemora" is like a fun house ride in the dark. Most night scenes are way too dark for viewing, and while it creates a foreboding atmosphere, eventually it becomes redundant. Strange and creepy characters jump about, much like the above mentioned amusement park ride. Long periods of meaningless dialog grinds the film to a halt, but since it really goes nowhere, you are not missing much. This is really just a meandering nightmare with scrambled images, a garbled script, and amateurish acting. All this adds up to nothing more than an hour and a half of hide and seek in the dark. Pretty boring stuff if you ask me. Not recommended. - MERK

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eminges

As noted, there's a lot to like about Lemora. The cinematography in places is shockingly good, some of the night exteriors in particular. Robert Caramico, who shot it, was already a blooded professional, his first credit being Orgy of the Dead, and he went on to another dozen and a half movies before his untimely death. The low budget is apparent from time to time: note that at some point Caramico set up on a hillside overlooking a roadway at night, took the same shot half a dozen times of every vehicle used in the production passing by beneath, and then Blackburn scattered them throughout the picture. Anyway, the problem is the Big Finish, where vampires leap on churchgoers and vice versa. It sucks. It means nothing. You can watch the film a dozen times and it still makes no sense whatsoever. You want to know why a terrific little flick like Lemora isn't on everybody's top-ten list of cult masterpieces? The ending. Boo. Hiss. The little snapper at the finish, which you could see coming a mile away with its brights on, gives Cheryl Smith a chance to be a hot babe for about two minutes, after a marvelous, utterly believable performance as a simpering virgin 2/3 her real age. But boy that ending. As clear a failure of a scriptwriter's ability to produce as the ending of Blazing Saddles.

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Michael_Elliott

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973) ** 1/2 (out of 4) A 13-year-old Christian girl (Cheryl Smith) is seduced by a lesbian vampire in this erotic horror film. I've seen various lesbian vampire films but it was rather nice watching one that would get a PG rating. Instead of relying on nudity and sex scenes this one here builds a rather strong atmosphere and the performance by Smith is very good. The film does a very good job at showing a child's fears and the director perfectly captures a dreamlike nature to the film. The only problem is that it runs out of gas around the forty minute mark making it rather hard to sit through the rest.

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preppy-3

The film is set in Georgia of the 1920s. Sweet innocent 13 year old Lila Lee (Cheryl Smith) goes to visit her sick father. Unknown to her it's a trap all set up by Lemora (Lesley Gilb) a woman vampire with distinct lesbian tendencies. Will Lila Lee fall into her clutches or escape? I caught this originally on late night TV many years ago. The print was faded, in terrible condition and (slightly) edited--but I knew I was seeing something different. I didn't see the whole thing--I was exhausted (it started at 1 am) and I couldn't stay awake...but it never left me. Now it's finally available in a truly stunning transfer by Synapse. The picture and sound are crystal clear and the colors very vivid.The film is very creepy--there are a LOT of sexual innuendos thrown at Lila at the beginning (but it IS needed for the story). The lesbian touches are there but not explicit--this movie is very PG (no blood, gore, nudity or swearing). Still they come through and actually help the movie. The low budget this film was made on shows often but it works in the films favor. There's atmospheric lighting, eerie sounds, creepy settings and a nonstop feeling of dread. Also Gilb is VERY imposing as Lemora. Despite the rating this is an adult movie--as others have said--a fairy tale for adults.There are plenty of things wrong with this however. The script wanders all over the place (but then fairy tales do too), the ending drags a bit and the acting is terrible all around (Smith is bland and Gilb's acting is SO bad I was giggling at times). Still, despite all that it works. A one of a kind vampire movie. Not for everybody. I give it a 9.

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