Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Sam Panico Between Pin, Cathy's Curse and this film, what is it about Canadian families in horror films? Beneath a surface of politeness, is everyone this psychotic north of the border?Julie (Isabelle Mejias, Scanners II: The New Order) just wants to play with her pet snake, hunt with her dad and, well, lie in bed with him. But when her mom takes away her snake, she just watches a delivery boy (Paul Hubbard, who played Flash Gordon in the deleted scenes in A Christmas Story) violate her and does nothing to save her life, even though she's holding a gun. It's a horrifying scene, as the man is shocked that he's knocked the woman's head so hard into the ground. He's more upset than Julie when he sees the blood seeping out of the back of her brains. Julie just watches, fascinated yet removed.Julie thinks she has her father (Anthony Franciosa, Tenebre) all to herself, but he soon finds a new wife, the alluring Susan (Sybil Danning!). She brings sex appeal and a stepson. And because she may have been dating daddy before mommy died, maybe Julie's dad is taking advantage of the death she caused.One thing he's definitely taking advantage of is the opportunity to make sweet, sweet love to Susan. He doesn't know that his daughter is watching the entire time and enjoying things way too much, imagining herself in bed with her father! Ugh!And it gets worse and worse, as Julie does things like lock her stepbrother in a refrigerator, nearly killing him, and then brings the rapist who killed her mother back to the house to take out her new mom in a blackmail plot. Yep, she even tells him, "You can rape her all you want!" It all adds up to an ending that totally shocked me that I don't want to cheat you out of.Yep. This is one rough little film, which makes sense when you realize it's by the writer and director of Chained Heat, Paul Nicolas (that movie also has Danning in it, plus Linda Blair, Henry Silva, Tamara Dobson, John Vernon and Stella Stevens for a movie that transcends the WIP genre).It's not for everyone. But Mejias is great in it. And it's the kind of movie that you are amazed that exists and even more astounded as it plays in your DVD player (or streams over YouTube).

classicsoncall Wow, this is creepy on so many levels I don't know where to begin. So let's begin with the biggie - young Julie (Isabel Mejias) has this serious Daddy (Tony Franciosa) fixation that goes all the way to fantasizing what a sexual encounter with her father might be like. Pretty twisted. This after seeing her mother raped and killed by a delivery man and actually getting some sick kind of enjoyment out of it. So what does she do but contact the same guy to take out her new stepmother (Sybil Danning) to make it a double header. Now I'm wondering who the worse character is, Julie or killer Weston (Paul Hubbard), because they're both now making a pact with the devil that's bound to end very, very badly.You know, I'm glad I'm nearly at the end of my Mill Creek Mystery Collection of two hundred fifty films because this isn't the kind of flick I'd normally seek out. However I decided I'd watch and review each one some time ago and I hate to go back on a promise to myself. I'll be glad when I can just cruise the cable channels for something more suitable or order up recommendations from other reviewers here from my local library.Anyway, back to Julie. Somehow I didn't like the kid right from the start. Part of that could have been the way the character was set up from the beginning, never liking her mother but we don't know why (except for the infatuation with the old man). I really don't want to believe there might be somebody like that out there but these story ideas come from somewhere. But since she was such a b---- on wheels, my gut reaction when Sybil Danning made the comeback for the finale was you go, girl! Good recovery too when Franciosa shows up and she goes with "She saved my life". That pretty much made the whole convoluted story worthwhile.

merklekranz Isabelle Mejias has the ultimate Daddy fixation, and Stepmothers who get in her way become expendable. The object of her attention, Anthony Franciosa, seems oblivious, clueless, or both, to his Daughter's unnatural behavior. The methods employed by Mejias to torment Stepmothers borders on sadism. While the script is sometimes clever, it also has a brutal amount of time wasted on small talk not relevant to the story. Sybil Danning and Isabelle Mejias give good performances, while Anthony Franciosa is so boring, you will almost cringe. "Julie Darling" is an effective thriller that could have benefited from some script tightening, however the extremely satisfying ending totally redeems any minor faults the film might have. - MERK

johnc2141 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.