Julie Darling

Julie Darling

source: Julie Darling

Julie Darling

This movie gave me the creeps. Why didn't the father realize how messed up his daughter was? I don't want to watch this movie ever again. I love horror movies, but not when they actually make me feel uncomfortable. Don't see it unless you are doing some kind of report on Freud.

I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs. Revisited it recently. This movie was far ahead of it's time in depicting the sexual abnormality of a teenage girl, specially her attachment to her dad. Her day dream/visualization sequence may put off some viewers but it was necessary to establish her sick mind, including her voyueristic attitude. If Damien form Omen is the epitome of evil n sinister, Esther from Orphan wickedly sly n a cold blooded killer, Rhoda Penmark a psychopath n manipulator serial killer, then meet Julie, the epitome of a pervert, amoral and sociopath teenager. We have a Kevin Bacon lookalike who cries like a girl aft his assets gets slashed. I was never a fan of Sybil Danning n her * scene wasn't titillating for me.

Was quite surprised after my initial viewing of this Canadian film as it was really quite good. I was surprised because it is a harder to find horror film and don't think it was ever popular. I must say though that it may not be for all tastes. Its really the twisted, weird and gets quite creepy story of a 16 year old girl named Julie (wonderfully played by Isabelle Mejias). She's a bit of a bad ass as she enjoys feeding rats to her pet snake, shooting Canada Geese and loves her Nestle Quik. It's really about her relationship with her father (Anthony Franciosa). She watched her mother (Cindy Girling) get killed, did nothing and now steps in the next woman named Susan (Sybil Danning). Guess who wants her dead? If this does sound interesting I would suggest finding it and giving it a watch.

Im a big fan of Sybil Danning,she ruled the eighties,a real tough but sexy woman from Austria,i saw this one from the suspense classics 50 movie collection.and i can tell you its a real nail biter of a movie. sort of like the Macaulay culken thriller the good son.but this little girl is much more disturbed and evil.not to mention slick and calculating.she has a pet python and even locks her stepbrother in a refrigerator that is kept outside.why is it outside?? who knows.this thriller also stars late great Italian actor;Anthony Franciosca as dear old dad.the film is Italian/American made and in the beginning it shows the new york skyline showing the world trade center.I'm not giving any spoilers but ill tell you.nobody messes with Sybil Danning. and if you wanna see a good well made suspense flick,then Julie darling is the ticket.7 out of 10.

This extremely obscure thriller (unavailable almost everywhere) is unpleasant and highly unsettling, but at the same time undeniably effective. The premise of an evil child is taken to extremes: teenager Isabelle Mejias (who delivers her lines like a pro and is frighteningly convincing) lies, blackmails, arranges for people to be killed and kills herself with cold, calm ease. The film also has some perverse scenes (let's just say it goes beyond merely suggesting incest) that will turn most people off, but you have to admit that what it does, it does well (and that includes a shock ending that, for once, DOES come as a shock - forget about "Friday The 13TH"). (**1/2)

Isabelle Mejias, an under-recognized talent who deserved better material than she received during her brief acting tenure, performs strongly as Julie, a socially disunited young lady with a ravenous Electra complex. Julie harbors malicious and dangerous resentments toward anyone she feels is competing for her father's affections, or who might create a rift within her delusional fantasy world. Hapless potential-victims-to-be are her new step-brother and step-mom(Sybil Danning, upstaged once again by her extremely well-ventilated 36-C juggage). It's a minor B gem with a brisk pace, mounting suspense, and some pretty grim deaths...JULIE, DARLING was not a boxoffice success, and received a rather limited VHS release. This is a better quality picture than its relative obscurity might suggest, and ripe on the vine for rediscovery. 6/10