Struggling through The She-Creature again since it’s part of the Gizmoplex vault. It strikes me yet again that Lombardi is a really sucky villain. Ironically, Crow as peddler of his likeness is considerably more menacing and memorable. Part of the issue is that every male character in this film is a half-aSLEEEEP sleazebag with super-annoying verbal tics as a stand-in for actual personality (except for King). So it makes him fade into the background even when we’re supposed to be in awe of his powers. Also, it’s just bad writing that he uses the bland proxy of a bland proxy to do the actual murders. (Most of which appear to be random and have zilch to do with any personal feelings on his part.) Finally, with the pomade and wattles he always looks like he’s returning from a kid’s birthday party where he was upstaged by a teenager in a Barney suit.
As evil magicians go, gimme’ Lodak from The Magic Sword: better wardrobe, better motivations, and wayyyy more overall panache. Even if he also lost at the end, as bad guys always must.