Westworld

Year: 1973

Director: Michael Crichton

Written by: Michael Crichton

Threat: Robots

Weapon of Choice: Gun

Based upon: Original

IMDb page: IMDb link

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The tyranist's thoughts
As far as I know there are only three movies featuring Yul Brynner as a cowboy: The Magnificent Seven, Return of the Seven, and this one. Unfortunately, I saw this before seeing The Magnificent Seven, but it was only a couple weeks apart. The side effect was that he creeped me out all through The Magnificent Seven.
So there's this place, where they've build robots to service your every desire. It is divided into three themes centering on ancient Rome, the medieval period, and the old West. Our heroes choose the old west and have a great time shooting it out with the local law enforcement and then flopping at the cathouse. Of course, when the robots decide they want something different. . .
A nice piece of science-fiction, this is often overlooked as horror in spite of the fact that the last half hour is pretty formulaic and something of a precursor to the unstoppable '80s slasher villains. As I mentioned, Yul Brynner is truly creepy as the main robot antogonist and the hero (played by Richard Benjamin) is very convincing as well. The ending leaves a little to be desired, but I would recommend this to any sci-fi fan and most horror fans. It really deserves to be seen.

Total Skulls: 9

Sequel
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears skull Dick van Patten
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue
Bad execution
MTV Editing
OTS
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex skull
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location skull
Power is cut skull
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise skull
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer skullskull
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene skull
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Warning goes unheeded
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes
x years before/later
Flashback sequence
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead skull
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain
Blood hits camera
Poor death effect
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending
What the hell?