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Christopher Lee or Ellen Burstyn?


Which was the better antagonist for a pair of films this batshit, in performance and in conception?

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Seriously, should the main antagonist in this story be male or female? Should the antagonist be the pagan male, cruel and rampant, and leading the island in fucking like bunnies in the service of the Horned God? Or should the antagonist be female, the queen bee who kills her drones when she's done with them, the Mother Goddess who demands her children sacrifice to her?

Of course I can't help but love seeing Christopher Lee ordering murders in bad drag, but Burstyn is also a damn fine actor.

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Burstyn is indeed a fine actor, but Lee was freaking awesome in the original TWM. I'm not even a fan of that movie, but Lee is on top form there.

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