We've all seen many versions of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" on film, but this is one of the ones I only recently learned existed, this year. It's not the best (not by a long shot), but I do think it's decent, for the era it came out in, as well as the smaller budget it seems to have.
I think everyone who's reading this review probably only knows of this film's existence due to a horror and general film legend, Vincent Price, being involved with this film. That's what drew me in. I'm sure that's what's drawn many others in, as well. He's only the narrator, here, but Vincent doesn't skip out on playing Vincent; with charm. He's what I watched the film for, and-thank the Lord-he wasn't some small voice over cameo. The narrator is on-screen pretty often, honestly. But the rest of the actors are fine. Scrooge himself is fine (even though the actor seems to have a speech impediment of the Sean Connery type, which can be a little odd and distractive).
Costumes are a joke, here. There's really nothing to see, with those. But, again: this seems very low-budget.
I do think the music in this little film was decent. Nothing to be in wonder about, but it was placed well. And that's what really matters, in my opinion.
My fiancé thought this was decent, too.
Solid stuff from a time long gone.
I think everyone who's reading this review probably only knows of this film's existence due to a horror and general film legend, Vincent Price, being involved with this film. That's what drew me in. I'm sure that's what's drawn many others in, as well. He's only the narrator, here, but Vincent doesn't skip out on playing Vincent; with charm. He's what I watched the film for, and-thank the Lord-he wasn't some small voice over cameo. The narrator is on-screen pretty often, honestly. But the rest of the actors are fine. Scrooge himself is fine (even though the actor seems to have a speech impediment of the Sean Connery type, which can be a little odd and distractive).
Costumes are a joke, here. There's really nothing to see, with those. But, again: this seems very low-budget.
I do think the music in this little film was decent. Nothing to be in wonder about, but it was placed well. And that's what really matters, in my opinion.
My fiancé thought this was decent, too.
Solid stuff from a time long gone.