The Enchanted (1984)

December 7, 2024 10:31 AM

[TRAILER] Royce returns home to the backwoods of Florida to look after a house that was once his late father’s. At first welcomed back by longtime family friend Booker, Royce begins to falls for a mysterious woman from a strange family living in the nearby woods.

Starring Julius Harris, Will Sennett, Casey Blanton, Helen Blanton, John Hallock, Rhonda Mayhew, Sondra Mayhew.

Directed by Carter Lord. Written by Charné Porter. Produced by Nancy Rachtman Eber. Edited by Charné Porter. Cinematography by Michael Levine. Art Direction by Charné Porter. Music by Phil Sawyer.

Not currently streaming in the US, but available in a new restoration from Severin Films on the All the Haunts Be Ours Volume II box set.

posted by DirtyOldTown (4 comments total)

Lord should have stayed in football. He’s a very below-average director.
posted by Ideefixe at 11:43 AM on December 7

Yeah it isn't a very well directed (or acted) film. But I think there's good film in there as I think there's some interesting ideas. The remastering is surprisingly clean for this obscurity.
posted by Ashwagandha at 3:09 PM on December 7

The best parts are in the script, the production design, and the editing... all of which are by Charné Porter.

The Severin box also includes some of Porter's notes on the themes behind the story and they're very interesting.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 3:13 PM on December 7

An interesting thing I learned from the Severin podcast is that "Will Sennett" (the name given for the actor playing the lead, Royce) was a one-time pseudonym for Larry Miller, an acclaimed NYC intermedia artist linked to the Fluxus movement.

Also, Kier-La Janisse said that one of Charné Porter's exes is Harry Crews, which totally tracks somehow.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:51 AM on December 12