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Katarina's Nightmare Theater: The Pyx (DVDVerdict)
# The Charge
The demons hunger.
# The Case
Whenever I get a disc from Scorpion's Katarina's Nightmare Theater line -- or
Code Red's Maria's B-Movie Mayhem line, for that matter -- I expect to be
watching trash. Sometimes, it'll be entertaining trash, sometimes, it'll be
really good trash, and sometimes, it'll be road-kill trash.
So, when the disc for **The Pyx** showed up, I was expecting your basic, silly
horror knock-off; the fact that it was made in the early '70s and starred hit-
or-miss cult icon Karen Black made my trash radar go off the charts.
Imagine my surprise when I found **The Pyx** to be not trash at all, but a
surprisingly well-made hybrid of detective story, supernatural thriller, and
character study.
Black plays Elizabeth, a hooker with a heroin problem. When we first see her,
she's falling to her death from a high-rise window. She's wearing a gauzy
white gown, and around her neck, a gold crucifix -- only, it's upside down. In
her hand, she's clutching a small container.
The investigation into her death is led by Dr. Sgt. Jim Henderson (Christopher
Plummer, **Beginners**), a hardened cop who's not above going a little ...
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