I picked this movie up on a 25 cent DVD recently so I wasn't really expecting much. I was happily surprised though that this is an interesting mix of a western and a supernatural ghost(or haint as they call them here) story. The film itself moves a bit slow and I figured out the little twisty ending before it is revealed but I have to give them props for trying something a bit outside the usual. Slim Pickens shows up briefly to set the search for diamonds into motion which sets off the story of 2 Confederate army soldiers(Joe Don Baker & Joy Houck Jr.) who run into some spooky goings on at a mountain. Sondra Locke does a really good job as the only female character that they run into and it all ends on a pretty downbeat note to remind you it's still the 1970s.
This one has a whole slew of a.k.a.'s including THE SHADOW OF CHIKARA, DIAMOND MOUNTAIN, DEMON MOUNTAIN, THE BALLAD OF VIRGIL CANE, THUNDER MOUNTAIN and WISHBONE CUTTER(which sounds like the name of a some 70s prog-rock band)
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