The worst movie by Stephen Spielberg, according to Letterboxd users

When Stephen Spielberg was still trying to find his foot as a director, he poured everything in low -budget films he was making in the early 1970s. Most of these projects were Teleplays, which they used to experience techniques and improvement, while aiming to show a feature for the first time. This dream was achieved in 1971 with Duel’s worship“A feverish story about a street vendor and a demonic truck, covering the raw talent of Spielberg as a Kiqra. The success of the“ fencing ”put it on the map, but it was not enough to finance the things he wanted to work on. Put a mark on this period, including“ Savage ”for the year 1973, which the director was not famous at all, but the circumstances forced him to participate anyway.

However, not all Telements from Spielberg with such a weak interest. His second film, made for overcoming, “Something Evil”, is a truly story of horror for him because of its suffocating tones. It was an uncomplicated production, making it a rare battle in something that Spielberg wanted to challenge it. We see some interesting directing qualities here, including the tendency to allow a clear tension that talks about itself, along with an impressive photographer who confirms the stalled evil in the corners of the haunted house. However, it is very flawed, it carries all signs of a TV movie made between many individual functions in UNIVERSAL (which Spielberg was moving simultaneously). If you are firmly descending, you will find some theme seeds that open beautifully below the line in the “Poltergeist” of Tobe Hooper, which is based on the story of the SPIELBERG itself.

Now, it is not surprising that “a evil thing” does not carry a candle on the amazing Spielberg working group (or even its first appearance, which is more representative of his artistic strength than this horror in 1972). Is this the worse Spellberg movie? It is difficult to say, as “1941” exists (instead, it can also be interpreted as a master’s masterpiece!)Besides “The BFG”, which feels unseen and woody for the imagination of children Spielbergian. But we had to ask the good people in Letterboxd, “Something Evil” is the feature of the least -rated outlet on the website, Sport 2.5 out of 5 Despite some positive reviews.

If you take a quick look at what a “evil thing” requires, it becomes clear immediately that this is the standard dust dust (and there is nothing wrong with it). The newly married couple Paul (Darine Mcjafin) and Marguri (Sandy Dennis), along with their two children, move to a poetic farm in the rural Pennsylvania state, where the chase begins as soon as it is long. The nature of the haunting is somewhat nice, full of supernatural threats and the deterioration of relations between people quickly, as the amazing Margori is already pushed to its borders. Satanic possession and diabolical images appeared, as the mysterious was anger in films that focus on chase at that time, especially after the wide success of “Baby’s Baby”. When Margori becomes more preoccupied with a cigarette, apparently to ward off evil, the true nature of the farm is detected, which seems to be hiding … something evil (sorry).

There is a breach of the story of the stories that Spielberg ends with experience in just a few years, but “an evil thing” is undoubtedly a artistic sand box where most of its basic ideas appear unnoticed. It is also dated to its Tropies’s approach, which is expected to be a TV film made with a limited budget, providing Spielberg Limited Freedom to practice its vision. Although the film is not tense as it should have been, there is something that comes out of Margori’s crazy, which Spielberg picks up with exciting images and impressive absorptions. At one point, we see a mass -red pulp block inside a jar, aimed at representing the tingling fetus he left for its own devices. Such pictures are often active Gnarly, thanks Spielberg’s talent to convey feelings of fear through amazing visual mastery (A instinct crowned beautifully in “jaw”).

Although “Something Evil” is not a good horror, it is an important part of filmmaking, because it allows us to draw a road directly into the most famous Spielberg movies that combine terror with family drama elements. There are some wonderful discoveries that must be made if you look closely, such as his dealings with diabolical presence through the smart suggestion alone, or The Quick Spielberg Cameo (!!) in a scene alongside Karl Gottlieb, who participated in the script writing for “Jaws” after a few years. So, if you are fond of filmmaking ethics in Spielberg and want to see some of his early ideas at work, then a “evil thing” deserves one hour for one time.