Craze (1974) on Netflix
Neal Mottram runs an antiques shop and worships an African idol named Chuku. He believes offerings of human life will bring him riches and power.
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In Neal Mottram's shop, among the art and antiques he deals in, stands a statue of Chuku, an African god. Night after night he carries out rituals before the idol, convinced it will grant him unimaginable wealth and power once he offers up human sacrifice. The offerings he chooses are women, killed by impalement, by slashing, by burning, or frightened to death with a fright mask. Superintendent Bellamy and his detectives, Wall, Russet and Wilson, play cat and mouse with Mottram as the killings go on. Among the people in his life are Dolly Newman, Helena, Sally, Ronnie, Muriel Sharp and his aunt, Louise Nash.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Craze (1974)
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- Director Freddie Francis wrote in his memoir that he realized as soon as he started Craze that he was 'flogging a dead horse', and said Jack Palance lost interest almost straight away, Trevor Howard and Hugh Griffith were both heavily on the bottle, and Edith Evans thought they were making a 'proper' film.
- Producer Herman Cohen said he got along with Jack Palance, but that everyone else was afraid of the actor and that director Freddie Francis was scared stiff of him.
