Seeing a directors viewing challenge taking place on another site,one of the first things which came to mind was to finish the William Castle box set I had got for my birthday. Interested that despite the title this was not a Horror flick,I got set to find out how frightened these girls are.
View on the film:
Presenting multiple alternative versions to the opening, Indicator present a winning transfer of a crisp picture and soundtrack being backed by detailed extras.
Later calling the title "An international holiday" and displaying his trademark showman side by falsely claiming he had filmed 15 different versions of the movie (!) with a different actress in each one, director William Castle reunites with cinematographer Gordon Avil in continuing to depart from his Horror roots with a delightfully kitsch atmosphere.
Winning the role in a talent show contest run by Castle,Kathy Dunn gives a charming performance as Candy, whose sleuth spying skills Dunn twangs with a flirty quick-witted edge, keeping all unaware of Candy untangling the candy web.
Taking to heart the spirit of the spy genre by working under the cover of a cute teen flick, the screenplay by Robert Dillon originally called The Candy Web, wonderfully continues in the direction of Castle's Zotz! (1962-also reviewed) by being a playfully sly Cold War Comedy, heated up with satirical dialogue between Candy and student Mai-Ling on the frosty relation between both countries.
Jumping on the post-007 spy bandwagon early, Castle uses his eye for a gimmick in shimmering gold knives dripping with blood red paint placed in the bodies by agents stabbing for a jump-scare. Following Candy and her classmates leaving a idealistic boarding school in Switzerland for espionage deeds in London, Castle uniquely crosses the spy antics with the stylisation of teen Comedy flicks of the era,with hip kitsch splashes of glossy pink, yellow and red keeping Candy and her fellow students groovy with each take down.
View on the film:
Presenting multiple alternative versions to the opening, Indicator present a winning transfer of a crisp picture and soundtrack being backed by detailed extras.
Later calling the title "An international holiday" and displaying his trademark showman side by falsely claiming he had filmed 15 different versions of the movie (!) with a different actress in each one, director William Castle reunites with cinematographer Gordon Avil in continuing to depart from his Horror roots with a delightfully kitsch atmosphere.
Winning the role in a talent show contest run by Castle,Kathy Dunn gives a charming performance as Candy, whose sleuth spying skills Dunn twangs with a flirty quick-witted edge, keeping all unaware of Candy untangling the candy web.
Taking to heart the spirit of the spy genre by working under the cover of a cute teen flick, the screenplay by Robert Dillon originally called The Candy Web, wonderfully continues in the direction of Castle's Zotz! (1962-also reviewed) by being a playfully sly Cold War Comedy, heated up with satirical dialogue between Candy and student Mai-Ling on the frosty relation between both countries.
Jumping on the post-007 spy bandwagon early, Castle uses his eye for a gimmick in shimmering gold knives dripping with blood red paint placed in the bodies by agents stabbing for a jump-scare. Following Candy and her classmates leaving a idealistic boarding school in Switzerland for espionage deeds in London, Castle uniquely crosses the spy antics with the stylisation of teen Comedy flicks of the era,with hip kitsch splashes of glossy pink, yellow and red keeping Candy and her fellow students groovy with each take down.