''The Gardener'' (also known as ''Garden of Death'' and ''Seeds of Evil'') is a 1974 American horror film written and directed by James H. Kay and starring

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Plot

A bored little rich girl is bewitched by a very weird gardener...

Cast

as Carl, The Gardener *

as Ellen Bennett *

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as Helena Boardman * James Congdon as John Bennett *

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as Mrs. García * Teodorina Bello as Liza, The Maid * Ivan Rodriguez as Max * Esther Mari as Rosa *

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as Domenica

Release

Home media

The film was released on

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by Subversive on February 28, 2006. It was later released by Subversive Cinema on January 29, 2008 as a part of its two-disk "Greenhouse Gore Two-Fer".

Reception

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gave the film a negative review, calling it "rotten". Reviewing Subversive's DVD release of the film, Johnny Butane from Dread Central awarded the film a score of 3.5 out of 5. While noting that the film was "dull and unexciting", Butane stated that the DVD's extras made it worth buying. Brett Gallman from ''Oh, the Horror!'' panned the film, criticizing the lack of atmosphere, threadbare plot, sluggish pacing, and dull photography. Glenn Erickson from

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criticized the film's lack of scares or tension, and script, calling it "yet another ill-fated attempt to try something different in a horror movie".

References

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* * * * 1974 films 1974 horror films American horror films Films shot in Puerto Rico 1970s English-language films 1970s American films {{1970s-horror-film-stub