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Something Weird (1967)

Something Weird poster
Directed by
Herschell Gordon Lewis
Genre
horror film, monster film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After a man takes LSD he develops psychic powers. He gets involved with a witch who can change her appearance and faces odd characters including a socialite who knows kung fu.

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What happens

Something Weird (also known as The Eerie World of Dr. Jordan ) is a 1967 American exploitation film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis and starring Tony McCabe and Elizabeth Lee. It features a paranormal plot involving LSD drug use, a psychic, a hideous witch who morphs into a young woman, a séance, a kung-fu chopping socialite, ghosts, psychopaths and federal agents. The film played on a double bill with another 1967 film by the same director, The Gruesome Twosome. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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