After waiting quite some time to see this, I finally caught it on TV late at night. After an amazing and extremely creepy opening I was very drawn into the movie. The pace kept up for awhile but it slowly started to get a tad boring and the pace didn't really pick up until the last 20 minutes. But I was impressed by it as it was made in 1960 and some of the gruesome effects were really well done. The score was incredibly eerie and it was incredibly atmospheric, mainly due to Bava's direction and the locations used. The one major problem I had with the movie was the very weak acting by the cast. Especially Barbara Steele, who played the main characters Katia Vajda and the witch Princess Asa Vajda. But I can respect this movie and how influential it is (and how scary it is as well).
3/5.
3/5.