Julie Darling
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| name = Julie Darling
| image = Julie Darling.jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster
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| director = Paul Nicholas
| writer = Paul Nicholas
Maurice Smith
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| producer = Maurice Smith
Ernest Von Theummer
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| studio = TAT Productions
Cinequity Corporation
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| released = {{Film date|1982}}
1985 (US){{cite news|title=Advertisement|newspaper=Daily News|date=4 May 1985|page=51}}
| runtime = 90 mins
| country = Canada
West German
| language = English
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Julie Darling is a 1982 Canadian-West German film written and directed by Paul Nicholas.[http://www.sybildanning.net/films-julie-darling.html Julie Darling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906111709/http://www.sybildanning.net/films-julie-darling.html |date=2024-09-06 }} at Sybil Danning It was co written and produced by Maurice Smith. The film was shot in West Germany and Canada.[http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/i-m/juliedarlingblu83.htm Julie Darling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213223950/http://dvddrive-in.com/reviews/i-m/juliedarlingblu83.htm |date=2021-12-13 }} at DVD Drive In
It was also known as Daughter of Death.
Director Paul Nicholas and Danning later made Chained Heat together.
Premise
A teenage girl is obssessed with her father and is determined to murder her stepmother.
Cast
- Anthony Franciosa as Harold
- Sybil Danning as Susan
- Isabelle Mejias as Julie
- Cindy Girling as Irene
Production
Filming took place in late 1981 in Toronto.{{cite news|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=15 September 1981|page=20|title=1,500 cram variety club lunch}}
Reception
The Daily News called it "a fairly tight little sleaze thriller, further hoisted by professional performances, steady pacing and a neat plot twist or two."{{cite news|newspaper=Daily News
|date=8 May 1985|page=113|title=Junk movies of the week}}
Shock Cinema said the film was "Chock full of surprises and shocks, which include attempted child suffocation, bloody shotgun wounds, a broken glass bottle groin-stabbing, and a great knock-out surprise ending, with Danning giving a strong and sympathetic performance to add to the film’s viewing pleasure."{{cite magazine|magazine=Shock Cinema|page=5|title=Film Flotsam|url=https://archive.org/details/ShockCinema71995/page/n3/mode/2up?|year=1995|number=7}}
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