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'''''Womaneater''''' (also known as '''''The Woman Eater''''') is a 1958 British low budget [[B movie|second feature ('B')]]{{Cite book |last1=Chibnall |first1=Steve |title=''The British 'B' Film'' |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=[[BFI]]/[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=56}} [[horror film]] directed by [[Charles Saunders (director)|Charles Saunders]] and starring [[George Coulouris]] and [[Vera Day]].{{Cite web |title=Womaneater |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150055314 |access-date=12 May 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70'' Hemlock Books 2013 p 56-61 It was written by [[Brandon Fleming (writer)|Brandon Fleming]]. Produced by [[Guido Coen]], the film recounts the story of a crazed scientist who feeds women to a flesh-eating tree in return for a serum that can bring the dead back to life. |
'''''Womaneater''''' (also known as '''''The Woman Eater''''' and '''''The Womaneater''''') is a 1958 British low budget [[B movie|second feature ('B')]]{{Cite book |last1=Chibnall |first1=Steve |title=''The British 'B' Film'' |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=[[BFI]]/[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=56}} [[horror film]] directed by [[Charles Saunders (director)|Charles Saunders]] and starring [[George Coulouris]] and [[Vera Day]].{{Cite web |title=Womaneater |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150055314 |access-date=12 May 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70'' Hemlock Books 2013 p 56-61 It was written by [[Brandon Fleming (writer)|Brandon Fleming]]. Produced by [[Guido Coen]], the film recounts the story of a crazed scientist who feeds women to a flesh-eating tree in return for a serum that can bring the dead back to life. |
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''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "This British import is an old-fashioned meller which even in England could not rise above the indiscriminate program market. For American audiences it's unable to overcome an old-hat plot carelessly put together. ... Coulouris is called upon for over-acting by Charles Saunders, whose direction generally is static. Vera Day, his co-star, is pretty as an employee in his home but has little to do but be terrified."{{Cite journal |date=10 June 1959 |title=The Womaneater |volume=215 |issue=2 |pages=6 |id={{ProQuest|1032387408}} |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}} |
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "This British import is an old-fashioned meller which even in England could not rise above the indiscriminate program market. For American audiences it's unable to overcome an old-hat plot carelessly put together. ... Coulouris is called upon for over-acting by Charles Saunders, whose direction generally is static. Vera Day, his co-star, is pretty as an employee in his home but has little to do but be terrified." |
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''[[Boxoffice Pro|BoxOffice]]'' in its 'Review Digest' rated the film as "very poor".{{Cite web |url=https://www2.boxoffice.com/the_vault/issue_page?issue=1959-6-22&page_no=110#page_start |title=Review Digest |website=BoxOffice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803005445/https://www2.boxoffice.com/the_vault/issue_page?issue%3D1959%2D6%2D22%26page_no%3D110#page_start |archive-date=2017-08-03 |url-status=dead}} |
''[[Boxoffice Pro|BoxOffice]]'' in its 'Review Digest' rated the film as "very poor".{{Cite web |url=https://www2.boxoffice.com/the_vault/issue_page?issue=1959-6-22&page_no=110#page_start |title=Review Digest |website=BoxOffice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803005445/https://www2.boxoffice.com/the_vault/issue_page?issue%3D1959%2D6%2D22%26page_no%3D110#page_start |archive-date=2017-08-03 |url-status=dead}} |
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