The Invasion of Carol Enders (1973) Reviews

• "It's Spiritual, Beyond Explanation!"...

  azathothpwiggins2018-10-15

  Poor Carol Enders (Meredith Baxter- TV's THE CAT CREATURE). Moments after her fiance, Adam (Christopher Connelly) asks if they can postpone their upcoming wedding, the two are attacked by an unknown assailant! Carol is severely hurt, and rushed to the hospital. Simultaneously, another woman named Diana Bernard (Sally Kemp) wrecks her car under suspicious circumstances, and dies in the same hospital that Carol is in. Coincidentally, Diana's husband is a doctor at the same hospital! When she regains consciousness, Carol begins acting strangely, asking for her "husband", Dr. Bernard (Charles Aidman)! She also knows people and things that only Diana could know. Has Carol somehow become Diana? THE INVASION OF CAROL ENDERS is a supernatural tale of soul transference, as well as a murder mystery. Carol / Diana finds herself in the middle of a police investigation into the events of Diana's "accident". Shot on video tape, this made-for-TV movie looks and feels like a soap opera. Still, it is well-written and acted, and at just over an hour long, it zips right along. Produced and co-directed by horror-meister Dan Curtis, it's a quality production overall. Ms. Baxter does a great job in her baffling role. Well worth a watch or two, and the ending has a nice twist!...

• Slow and meandering

  Leofwine_draca2018-06-12

  THE INVASION OF CAROL ENDERS is a slow and meandering TV flick of 1974, which promises plenty but ends up playing out as a very low key and stilted murder mystery. One woman dies and her spirit apparently transfers to another unsuspecting woman; while her friends and the authorities investigate, it becomes clear that the spirit has taken possession of the woman with a purpose in mind: to reveal her murderer. It sounds interesting, but this film is strictly pedestrian, almost entirely made up of people talking and struggling to bring emotion into their dialogue. Christopher Connelly, that stalwart star of Italian action cinema, co-stars, while Dan Curtis contributes some uncredited direction.