Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Justin Easton There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Prichards12345 It's a tragedy that Director Reeves took his own life. Both his British horror movies show a film-maker of real talent, with a keen eye for composition and who is not afraid to show the grim, bloody reality of violence. What Reeves might have achieved had he lived can only be speculated upon.The Sorcerors, of course, gives Boris Karloff a great late-career role as a scientist who discovers a process to help him experience other people's sensations and feelings as if he were the person himself. Altruistically thinking of how old and infirm people could again experience a full life he sets up trend-setter Ian Ogilvy for his first experiment. Unfortunately he hasn't counted on the less than scientific attitude of his wife.Catherine Lacey is splendidly evil as Karloff's spouse, growing evermore addicted to the sensations she experiences. She soon learns to control their subject, and her husband appears powerless to stop her.Reeve's school friend Olgilvy is excellent in the central role as Mike - a difficult part to pull off but he handles it with aplomb. The film is really a clever comment on the generation gap - something that was the cause of real concern in the 60s - but despite its very low budget it never fails to convince and occasionally even thrill. The Sorcerors is well worth a view. Then follow it with the even better (and much bloodier) Witchfinder General...

goblinhairedguy Yes indeed, the Swinging Sixties were sexy, years before life-threatening STDs, political correctness and exploitative commercialism ruined it all. And pop music was great too, before it was compromised by self-indulgent overproduction and that same rampant commercialism.Ian Ogilvy (much cooler than David Hemmings as a prematurely jaded hipster) and the luscious Euro-babe Elizabeth Ercy make appealing leads, and get to strip down to their undies for a furtive swim that is simultaneously erotic and innocent, like Weissmuller and O'Sullivan before them. She also gets to wear a knockout peekaboo mesh outfit later on. A teenage Susan George shows off her bedroom eyes and flashes her yellow panties to great effect in the film's most effective thrill scene. And pouty-lipped Sally Sheridan (mom of Nicolette) coolly lip-syncs to a great garage tune (actually sung by a wonderfully brassy Toni Daly), with the low-angle camera appreciating how she sports her clingy chiffon mini-dress. Check out all those turned-on necking couples in the background. (By the way, I think Karloff is in the film, too.) It all brings to mind Mimsy Farmer's outrageously provocative LSD-fuelled dance in "Riot on Sunset Strip", Jane Asher's sultry seductiveness in "Deep End", and all those whacked-out Sergio Martino giallos.

LeonLouisRicci Psychedelia, the Generation Gap, Mind Control, Serial Killer, and London's Swinging Sixties are Some of the Many Elements Explored in this Low-Budget, Artsy Film. One of Only a Few Directed by the Talented Michael Reeves Before His Accidental Overdose at the Age of 25.Boris Karloff was One of those Iconic Actors Willing to Work Until the Very End Like Lionel Barrymore and Vincent Price. He, a True Professional, Always Did What He Could with the Material and was Happy to Contribute as Well as Take Directorial Orders. This One, Along with Targets (1968) and The Raven (1963) were the Best of His Geezer Period.The Film is an Intense and Always Engaging Story of a Bored Young Adult, Ian Ogilvy in a Very Good Performance, Accepting an Invitation to "Experiment" with, Not LSD, but Electronic Hypnosis Brought On by Light and Sound Vibrations. The Scene When He is "Dosed" is a Window Into the Psychedelic Experience of Melting Colors and Wild Images.Katherine Lacy as Karloff's Insane Wife Adds Some Creepy Stuff as She Controls the "Patient". This is a Deep Movie Beneath the Surface and Provides More Philosophy and Intelligence than the Standard Horror/Sci-Fi Stuff of the Era. It is Not Only Literally Cerebral but Violent and Nasty and the Movie has an Ominous Tone that is Disturbing.A Must See for Fans of Cult Movies, the Sixties, Horror/Sci-Fi, and B-Movies. This Could be Called and Experimental Film and Fits Right In to the Changing Face of Cinema Starting in the Mid-Sixties.

phantlers This is a long way from 'Performance', even further than Lisson Grove (St. John's Wood) is from Powis Square (Notting Hill).Watching on BBC2 in 2008 one immediately supposes that the motive for th elderly couple will be to experience something erotic but it is very British, and very 1960's that the only seduction is that of the Professor's initially benign wife into avarice and violence. The film is misogynistic and of course sensational but the subtext that subversion of free will - and there are clear parallels and references to hallucinogens and other 'recreational' drugs - leads to suggestibility and is close to inviting mind control.The denouement is comical as the Police Inspector ushers the two protagonists back to the patrol car - superbly driven in the chase scene, its lumbering spin off the road is memorable - and instructs the driver to chauffeur them home. Case closed.